Peter Craske a councillor in the Blackfen
and Lamorbey ward chaired a public
meeting to hear first-hand comments about
a Bexley council plan to invest a grant of
£1.
5m from Transport for London to
improving the lot of residents and traders in
Belvedere...
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Peter Craske a councillor in the Blackfen
and Lamorbey ward chaired a public
meeting to hear first-hand comments about
a Bexley council plan to invest a grant of
£1.
5m from Transport for London to
improving the lot of residents and traders in
Belvedere village.
He told a packed hall that the scheme was a oneoff opportunity to improve facilities and to
attract more trade in to the area.
The village
could have better street lighting, resurfaced
roads, wider pavements with rest benches, trees
etc.
But traders were told they would get no
compensation for the disruption and loss of
business when work started and residents were
openly hostile to opening an access route from
Albany Road threatening civil disobedience if it
went ahead.
Craske was told that only 2% of all visitors to the
village came by bus yet car parking spaces were
being reduced! A trader asked why customers
had to pay in the car park.
He pointed out that
Dartford council allowed the first hour free of
Chronicle 40p
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