Dover Fasttrack
Dover District Council and Kent County Council have spaffed £34,000,000 on what they called "Fasttrack".
The idea was to have electric buses going between Whitfield and Dover Priory. As the Brexit-related facility at Whitfield was cancelled, so the land that had been compulsory purchased, and the Roman road, we turned into a bus route.
For buses and bikes only.
On top of that, a new bridge and approach roads were built beside Tesco, leading straight to the new mega-estate at Richmond Park.
There are "problems" with the electric buses, so some "ultra-low emission" buses have been sourced to run on the green route.
At the moment, there will be one bus an hour in each direction, and for this they have built new roads from near the Castle to beside B&Q, then via a bridge over the A2 to Richmond Park.
A wonderful piece of tarmac, and bridge for two buses an hour on Sundays, and six and hour weekdays.
And remember, my hometown Lowestoft, had to wait over 100 years to get a third river crossing, and Dover gets a bridge for two buses an hour over the A2.
The service began this morning, with the first bus due to set off from Dover at 11:00, only for the bus to break down, so services are currently running half hour late.
Dover Fasttrack
Dover District Council and Kent County Council have spaffed £34,000,000 on what they called "Fasttrack".
The idea was to have electric buses going between Whitfield and Dover Priory. As the Brexit-related facility at Whitfield was cancelled, so the land that had been compulsory purchased, and the Roman road, we turned into a bus route.
For buses and bikes only.
On top of that, a new bridge and approach roads were built beside Tesco, leading straight to the new mega-estate at Richmond Park.
There are "problems" with the electric buses, so some "ultra-low emission" buses have been sourced to run on the green route.
At the moment, there will be one bus an hour in each direction, and for this they have built new roads from near the Castle to beside B&Q, then via a bridge over the A2 to Richmond Park.
A wonderful piece of tarmac, and bridge for two buses an hour on Sundays, and six and hour weekdays.
And remember, my hometown Lowestoft, had to wait over 100 years to get a third river crossing, and Dover gets a bridge for two buses an hour over the A2.
The service began this morning, with the first bus due to set off from Dover at 11:00, only for the bus to break down, so services are currently running half hour late.