Category Archives: Transport and Environment

Views sought on plans for town centre

RESIDENTS and businesses are being invited to have their say on designs for a scheme which will help create a modern and pedestrian-friendly town centre for Eastbourne.

The Eastbourne Town centre Improvement Scheme is a joint project between East Sussex County Council and Eastbourne Borough Council, for which work is expected to start around April 2018. Continue reading

Residents reap benefits of energy plant cash boost

Cllr Nick Bennett, lead member for transport and environment, with Hillcrest Centre manager Heidi Coram and trustees and centre volunteers Nicki Day and Umi SinhaRESIDENTS around Newhaven are seeing the benefits of funding from the town’s energy plant with the completion of two community projects.

An all-weather path alongside the river Ouse in Piddinghoe has been created and interpretation boards explaining the history of Tide Mills erected, using money left over from landscaping around the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility. Continue reading