A summary of our Manifesto is as follows:
STOP THE WASTE OF MONEY - and spend it on YOUR priorities.
We will:
Slash the massive £6 million budget on promoting itself.
Stop spending on Kent TV and make it survive on advertising as it should have done from the beginning, or close it.
Review all policies at KCC to cut out waste.
Make sure all posts are filled competitively where the law allows.
Invest in renewable, sustainable energy use in all KCC buildings to reduce
energy costs.
FIX THE ROADS & PAVEMENTS - Fix the potholes and broken kerbs in your street.
We will:
Provide the long term budget which will bring our roads, drains and pavements back into good repair before they need replacing.
Enforce good workmanship in Kent Highways so potholes don't have to be refilled days later.
Ensure developers make good damage they do to Kent roads.
Strictly enforce new legislation on utility repairs to ensure roads are only dug up once and then
repaired to a high standard.
A GREENER KENT - Better public transport, and improving recycling.
We will:
Continue to work for doorstep recycling of all recyclable material, particularly plastics.
Oppose plans for giant road/rail freight transfer stations north of Maidstone (KIG) and Borough Green. Both would massively increase road transport on Kent's congested roads.
Increase spending on highway trees to maintain them properly and replace them when they are removed.
Change all KCC buildings to green renewable energy sources and cut future costs with low energy appliances.
BETTER LOCAL SERVICES - Improve children services and better facilities for young.
We will:
Cut bureaucracy by combining the County and District Youth Services at District level. This should enable a better response to local needs.
Provide Youth activities during the weekends and holidays.
Freedom Passes for 11 to 16 year olds to be extended to include all in full time education or training and extend its use onto trains and as a leisure pass.
Find ways to increase the publicity and promotion of youth events, activities and opportunities for young people in ways in which young people can easily access and record.
SAFER STREETS - Work with the police to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
We will:-
Work with the Police to tackle crime through more neighbourhood policing, and rapid response times to anti social behaviour reports.
Introduce 'No Cold Calling' control zones where door to door sales are discouraged.
Introduce Criminal Justice Panels across the County.
Examine spending on Emergency Planning which is the second lowest in the entire country.
Cancel Conservative plans to turn off street lights, and make the saving by conversion to low energy bulbs instead. Criminals welcome unlit streets.
SAFER ROADS - Improve road safety schemes and stop the cuts
We will:
Put in place a long term programme of funding which will return our roads, drains and pavements to good repair.
Restore the budget cut of £250,000 in spending on projects to improve road safety.
Make accident black spots involving death and injury top priority rather than congestion.
Invest in effective methods of reducing traffic speeds as a matter of priority.
Support 20mph zones outside all schools.
Give local people more of a say in which road problems should be sorted first.
Allow better speed limits to be approved where these are deemed necessary.
Reduce the overall National Speed Limit on rural roads and country lanes
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