Do you think a new crossing should be built between Kent and Essex?

BBC Radio Kent is hosting a debate on plans for a new River Thames  crossing between Kent and Essex.

The government has said a new Lower Thames road crossing, costing up to £5bn, is necessary to tackle congestion.

Three locations have been put forward as possible sites:

• The site of the existing A282 Dartford to Thurrock crossing
• Connecting the A2 at Swanscombe in Kent with the A1089 in Essex
• Connecting the M2 in Kent with the A13 and the M25 in Essex between junctions 29 and 30 (Variant to option three would also widen the A229 in Kent between the M2 and M20)

BBC Radio Kent wants to know what you think about the plans for the crossing. Is it needed and if so where should it go?

The debate is being held at the Hilton Dartford Bridge Hotel at 18.00 BST on 8 July.

If you would like to be in the audience, you can request tickets by emailing radio.kent@bbc.co.uk.

You can also write to: BBC Radio Kent, The Great Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1QQ.

Tickets are free but are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

The deadline for ticket applications is 30 June.

RBL GREENHITHE...THIS COMING SATURDAY 29 JUNE 2013 FROM 1PM ONWARDS

Armed Forces Day

Show your support for our Armed Forces (past and present). Please call 01322 386352 or email admin@rblgreenhithe.com for full details or with any enquiries.

Venue: Royal British Legion Greenhithe Branch, London Road.
Date: Saturday 29 June, 2013
Time: 13:00 to 00:00

Eastern Quarry is no more...Say 'ELLO ELLO TO EBBSFLEET VALLEY'

Street Naming and Numbering - Ebbsfleet Valley

The Swanscombe & Greenhithe Town Council sent us an update on the first 150 new dwellings at Eastern Quarry which we published on the same day Monday 10 June http://thegmrablog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/eastern-quarry-details-of-first150-new.html.

However, and you may be surprised to learn that, on the 25 May 2013 Dartford Borough Councils Cabinet met to discuss Street Naming and Numbering for Ebbsfleet Valley. The Cabinet subsequently resolved to formally designate, for addressing purposes, the area name for Eastern Quarry and the adjoining development, shown on the plan below, as Ebbsfleet Valley.

Not the end of the world, we here you say, agreed, but wouldn't it have been nice to let local residents know so they too could have had an opportunity to comment on this important decision? At the very least it would have been good to have had some local representation from the Town Council who are after all controlled by the Swanscombe & Greenhithe Residents Association which ironically is led by Councillor B E Read and cabinet adviser on Urban Regeneration. Well that seems to be working well...

Ebbsfleet Valley

EASTERN QUARRY - Details of First 150 New Dwellings

 

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