Concerns: sewage, roads, schools and more

Dear Sir,

After our local residents meeting, I would like to express mine and my families dissatisfaction on the proposed development by Kitewood Homes. Quite clearly the infrastructure of Reculver, Beltinge and Broomfield is not designed to cope with such a development.

My main concerns amongst many others are as follows:

• Sewage:  The current sewage system in place is inadequate in coping with the demands that the additional Barnes Way estate has created.  Medway Cleansing Service (MCS) sewage teams are regularly seen clearing the waste as the current tannery plant at Hillborough cannot meet the areas current demands.

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Don't shoot the messenger!

Easy to attack messenger over meeting over housing

I would like to respond to the letter in last week's paper about the public meeting at Beltinge village hall on Kitewood's plans for housing development (Letters, Herne Bay Gazette, October 27).

I too am a resident of Beltinge, but unlike the letter writer, I chose to organise a meeting to bring residents together to express their concerns. I put an agenda before the meeting which was accepted.

You will always will have some individuals who seek to attack the messenger rather than the message.

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