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Recent News from Maidstone Green Party

Pavement grit campaign on Facebook attracts 1000 members in 2 days

08 January 2010

A facebook campaign to get KCC to grit pavements as well as roads started by Maidstone's Green Party parliamentary candidate, has attracted over 1000 members in just 2 days. The campaign was started after pavements in Maidstone were left untreated throughout the pre-Christmas cold snap and as the current snow fall consigns even more vulnerable people to their homes.

Pavements need salt too

28 December 2009

Maidstone Greens have slammed Kent County Council for gritting the path from County Hall to the member's car park while leaving the rest of the towns pavements as death traps.

Maidstone's 6 year backlog for social housing

15 December 2009

Maidstone's backlog of 2863 households will take 6.1 years to clear at the current rate of lettings according to Shelter. In the run up to Christmas when home and family are most important, local Greens have called on Maidstone Borough Council to take real action to tackle the backlog. The Greens have called for unoccupied properties to be bought back into use and for house building programmes to focus on social and affordable homes.

New evidence backs 20mph limits

11 December 2009

More evidence has emerged backing the safety benefits of 20mph streets and Maidstone Greens have repeated calls for Maidstone to become a 20mph zone. Researchers have found that 20mph zones cut injuries by 40% and halve the number of children injured. Maidstone has the worst road safety record in Kent yet the council has not considered 20mph limits.

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