Hands Off Deangate Ridge! Cllrs Phil Filmer (right) and Chris Irvine say NO to Medway Labour plans to concrete over cherished community asset
Local Conservatives have expressed shock that Medway Labour has called for the closure of two cherished community assets.
In an interview on BBC Radio Kent (14 February 2012), Labour Deputy Leader Cllr Vince Maple called for Medway Council to make the political choice to close Rochester Airport and Deangate Ridge Golf Course.
Such a move could see them concreted over and turned into housing and industrial development.
Cllr Maple said on Radio Kent: “You can choose to have a mixed economy of care provision and you can choose to have Deangate Golf Club and Rochester airfield. There are political choices there. “
In response Conservative Deputy Leader Cllr Alan Jarrett said:
“This clearly shows what Labour would do if they were ever in charge. It is disgraceful that they want to concrete over these two important and cherished areas in Medway and turn them into industrial and housing estates.
“In Medway the Conservatives are proposing to safeguard care provision for the long term and maintain the airfield and the golf club along with many other front line services. The only political choice people in Medway face is between Labour who would cut front line services and the Conservatives who will maintain them.”
Cllr Phil Filmer, member for Peninsula Ward, said:
“This shows why Labour can never be trusted here on the Peninsula. Deangate Ridge is a valued green space, used by many members of the public, and we can’t allow it to be concreted over just to satisfy Labour’s politically-motivated dogma. We will fight tooth and nail to save Deangate Ridge from being bulldozed!”
Typical of Labour! If the ‘great’ Gordon Brown was still around, no doubt he would want to create more Public Service outlets on the sites. Or am I cynical? Ben.