16 January 2011
00:2489151
Pedants Unite!!
You know that makes our acronym P.U. ..............?
Guest 682- Registered: 19 Jan 2009
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16 January 2011
10:4489170Just to clarify a comment from Bern above #97 - street furniture is anything on the public highway or footpath. It refers to such things as seats, phone boxes, bollards, litter bins, 'A' boards, planters, as well as commercial activity such as shops extending onto the footpath/road or table and chairs outside a pub or cafe.
All street furniture has to be agreed by the Highway Authorirty, in our case, Kent County Council, and in some cases Dover District Council, who issue the various licences and decide the planning applications taht are frequently needed especially with outside trading.
16 January 2011
11:0289180Thanks Nigel - my bad!
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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16 January 2011
11:0589182bern/nigel
so i was correct on shop fronts
cheers
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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16 January 2011
11:4689190At the Age Concern shop on a Saturday we are very careful where we place tables and boxes so they do not stretch out onto the pavement.
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Guest 682- Registered: 19 Jan 2009
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19 January 2011
08:1289485To bring you up to speed on this - I spoke with the Director of Kent Highway Services at County Hall yesterday on this and will keep you posted.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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2 February 2011
13:1091153Just to let you know the accident in Frith Road last year where the 3 people were knocked down and one lady known to me was air lifted to hospital where she was in a coma for a while,the court case was held this week the man driving the car got £200 fine and 6 penalty points. Justice?????
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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2 February 2011
14:2091162No!!!!!!!!!
Hardly worth taking the driver to court for a result like that. A car is a lethal weapon so with any avoidable accident the charge should be something like attempted manslaughter.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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2 February 2011
14:3091163totally beggars belief, the man even gets to keep his licence, i wonder whether he will bother to pay the fine, most don't.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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2 February 2011
14:5391166I think the 6 points pushed over the disqualification level Howard.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
2 February 2011
16:3991172Seems a very light sentence but I suppose that is the law.
Bearing in mind that the Air Ambulance had to be used and we are so fortunate that this is available to us due to the tireless efforts of volunteers and fund raisers It would good if these offenders had to pay towards the associated costs incured.
Anyway John glad the lady benefitted from the air ambulance facility that may well have saved her life and hope she made a full recovery
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 February 2011
17:0991177i cannot see anything less than 5 years being a fair sentence, a message has been sent to the driver that his offence is minor.
the lady my make full physical recovery, i doubt that her mental condition is the same as it was before the crash. probably terrified when crossing the road now and looking over her shoulder when walking on a pavement.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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2 February 2011
22:5691234To add insult to injury one of the crash barriers set to go is outside her house! She is still walking with a stick and her memory of the accident and in general has not yet returned to normal!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 February 2011
23:0291236maybe she could write to ken clarke our "justice minister"?
he would then be able to explain to her that prison is not an option.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 February 2011
08:2191255It is a disgracefully light sentence - beggers belief.
I agree with Howard, 5 years would have been about right and it does give out a very bad message to the driver.
I bet he's laughing with his mates over this.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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12 February 2011
12:2692390this issue of the railing removals is gathering apace, been studying a document that shows that the work is intended to take place before the end of the financial year.
this leaves no time for the joint transportation board to meet and discuss the issue, final recommendations from d.d.c. have to be in by the 22nd of this month.
a brief glance at the report shows that the officer responsible at d.d.c. has recommended the following railings to be removed.
junction of maison dieu road/park st/park ave and godwyne close.
" " " /castle st(near to eastbrook place)
" "pencester road/biggin street
york street central reservation
will study the rest of the report and post later.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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12 February 2011
16:4692400the latest situation is that jacobs want to remove the following:-
68 panels junction of crabble hill/buckland ave.
36 panels junction of buckland ave/barton rd/cherry tree ave/minerva ave.
10 panels junction of barton rd/frith rdconnaught rd/oldcharlton rd.
18 panels junction of frith rd/charlton green/bridge st.
9 panels junction of maison dieu rd/park st/park ave/godwyne rd.
32 panels junction of maison dieu rd/pencester rd.
13 panels junction of maison dieu rd/castle st.
16 panels junction of castle st/castle hill rd/church st.
15 panels junction of market sq/king st.
112 panels junction of york st/queen st.
112 panels york st.
138 panels at the folkestone road roundabout.
this will leave a couple outside barton junior school and the ones at the junction of townwall st/woolcomber st.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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12 February 2011
17:1092403As I said over 600 x £250 each loads of Your money,to be fair we are now talking about it at Joint Transport Board.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 February 2011
18:2592408Thanks to Nigel.
Roger
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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12 February 2011
19:0492413No thanks to the pressure put on him on here and the local paper as well.Who is electioneering now Roger
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!