Park ‘N’ Ride site set to become housing

At the Town Hall council meeting on Wednesday 25th July there was no attempt to deny that “the current administrations’ plan, is now to sell the site for re-development”

So what will the proceeds be spent on?
When pushed to agree that “any resultant capital receipt from such a sale is invested in sustainable transport for the SOUTH of Maidstone, where the facilities have been lost and the funds generated”, the Cabinet Member for the Environment declined to agree to push for this, saying that funds could not be ring fenced for the south and would have to go in to funds for the borough as a whole.
Interestingly passing reference was made to his interest in [improvements to] the northern approach (A229). Cllr Harwood just happens to represent North Ward which is bisected by the A229.

The Cabinet member did however promise that pavement alterations in the area of the Armstrong Road, to allow access to non-low floor buses would be in place before the closure of the service on the 3rd Sept. He had no answer as to exactly where they would be, so it remains to be seen just how accessible the chosen site will be for those who had relied on the Park ‘N’ Ride buses.