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COUNCIL leaders will be asked to agree extra spending worth £6.5 million when they discuss the latest budget plans next week.
Although proposals will include £3.5 million of savings, East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to consider additional investment in roads and services for vulnerable adults and children as part of its £403 million spending on services for 2020/21. Continue reading
PARENTS and carers have just days left to apply for primary school places for new starters.
The application process for children due to start school in September 2020 closes on Wednesday, January 15. Continue reading
A ROAD in Rye town centre will be closed overnight for two weeks in January and February for repairs to be carried out.
East Sussex Highways is carrying out kerbing work in High Street from Monday, January 20 to Monday, January 27 2020 and carriageway repairs from Monday, February 17 to Friday, February 21 2020. Continue reading
A HIGHWAYS electrician has been hailed a ‘legend’ after wading through filthy water to fix a broken pump and allow Eastbourne’s Christmas Day parkrun to go ahead.
The fun event looked certain to be cancelled after heavy rain led to a 50m stretch of footpath on the underpass in Shinewater Park being submerged in three feet of floodwater. Continue reading
MOTORISTS are being advised of a series of roadworks taking place on a main East Sussex road.
East Sussex Highways will be carrying out kerbing and road repair work on the A265 at Broad Oak and Burwash Weald, near Heathfield in January, February and March 2020. Continue reading
