As one of Tunbridge Wells' worst grot spots disappears for good with the re-opening of the new Morrisons store, MP for Tunbridge Wells, Greg Clark, called for the rest of the town centre to be put under the spotlight.
Greg opened a new activity centre for elderly people at Grove Mills in Hawkhurst. The Weald Rural Activities Partnership (WRAP) has been set up by four charities: the Hawkhurst Community Hospital League of Friends, the WRVS, Alzheimer's Society and Sound Architect. The centre will provide lots
The Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, has announced that, as part of the £1.5 billion programme of investment in major transport schemes, the Department for Transport will be looking at the A21 in relation to the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road scheme.
Greg visited Calverley Hill Hostel in Tunbridge Wells, which provides supported housing for vulnerable young women, to present them with a Community in Focus Award on behalf of Faith Action.
MPs and local authorities representing the whole length of the A21 corridor have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, with an innovative offer to get the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury dualling scheme underway again.
The working group, set up to consider traffic issues at the North Farm Industrial Estate, met at the Town Hall. Chaired by Greg, the meeting was attended by representatives from the business community, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Kent County Council.