Speed sensor
How many cars use Kingston as a rat run? We have been gathering data from the speed sensor installed on Wellgreen Lane in September, and discovered that no fewer than 2000 cars are entering the village from the C7 (Lewes-Newhaven road), on average, every day. Of course, this will include residents’ vehicles, but it’s still quite a figure. We will be moving the speed sensor soon to analyse the traffic flow coming into the village down Ashcombe Lane. Watch this space.
Pothole grief
On the subject of roads, we’ve been hearing a lot of grief over potholes. The place to report potholes is the East Sussex County Council website: if you google ‘escc potholes’ you will be taken straight there. We also strongly advise, if this is a matter of concern to you, that you send a letter to our MP about the paucity of funding from central government to local councils for road repair.
Pavilion back open!
There’s an Open morning at Kingston Pavilion on Saturday December 4th so you can reacquaint (or acquaint!) yourself with our fine community asset which reopened at the end of November. The Pavilion is available for bookings, with a special rate of £9 an hour (or £45 a day) for residents. Contact booking clerk Jerry Sinclair at bookings@kingston-pc.org.uk.
Saxondown deadline
December 4th is also the deadline for your comments – positive and negative – on the Saxondown windfall projects proposed by residents (see earlier editions of Kingston News). You can view or download the relevant document on the Parish website at kingston-pc.org.uk; please only respond to projects in Table 1; those in Table 2 have been ruled out. If you don’t have access to the internet, please ring the pub [01273 472523] to arrange to pick up a print copy.
Small Grants Fund
We are keen to support local groups! There is still £250 left in our Small Grants Fund, which must be spent by March. If any groups would like to bid for this money, please fill in the application form on the KPC website.
Nature recovery film
If you want to learn more about the environmental work that has been carried out recently by the Parish Council and the Kingston Action Group, there’s a short film embedded within the recent South Downs National Park webinar on nature recovery, featuring Christine Moulder of the KPC and Steve Berry of KAG. You can view the film following this link: https://youtu.be/OqDskPHbPlA the section on Kingston starts at around 39.40.