MORE than £50 million will be ploughed into repairing the county’s roads over the next two years following the wettest winter on record.
The unprecedented level of rainfall in recent months has taken its toll on the 2,000 miles of roads across East Sussex and the county council has put aside additional funds to address the damage caused by the winter weather. Continue reading
BUS passengers using concessionary passes are being reminded of changes that take effect from April 1, 2014.
Changes to the concessionary bus passes will come into force as East Sussex County Council works towards reducing its transport budget over the next three years. The 2014/15 budget has been set at £10.9million. Continue reading
THE latest in a series of public events highlighting the switchover to LED street lights in Hastings will focus on changes in the town’s Castle ward.
The event will be held at Morrisons supermarket, in Queens Road, on Saturday, March 22, from 9am to noon. Continue reading
CHALLENGING new waste targets have been set for East Sussex following the success of previous efforts to boost recycling and divert waste away from landfill.
Since publishing a 20 year strategy in 2006 for managing the county’s waste in a sustainable way, the amount recycled and reused has almost doubled and the amount sent to landfill has dropped by more than 90 per cent. Continue reading
