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A RECORD number of East Sussex roads will be given a new lease of life with this year’s programme of pothole-preventing work.
More than 40 miles of roads have been included in East Sussex Highways’ surface dressing programme which begins in June, more than double previous years. Continue reading
WORKS of art will be commissioned for three new library developments thanks to a £56,000 grant.
East Sussex County Council’s Library and Information Service was awarded the money from Arts Council England’s Lottery funding to commission three works of art under the title Transparent. Continue reading
A NEW children’s home which cares for some of society’s most vulnerable young people has been officially opened.
The East Sussex County Council-run Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home, in Hailsham, was built with £8 million of Department for Education funding and welcomed its first residents in the summer. Continue reading
HOLLYWOOD actor George Clooney has been known to stop traffic, but that job fell to East Sussex County Council when film crews descended on the county.
Rye became an unexpected backdrop for the latest Hollywood blockbuster The Monuments Men, which is out on general release on Friday, February 14. Continue reading
CHANGES to street lighting in the Ore area of Hastings are set to be showcased to residents in the first of a series of public events.
East Sussex County Council is replacing around 5,500 of the borough’s old orange and yellow street lights in the town with energy-saving white LED lights. Continue reading
