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Reform council repaints road markings for school which closed in 2016
Kent County Council apologized for mistakenly repainting 'school keep clear' signs outside a closed school, costing £350 from a £1 million signage budget.
- Kent County Council apologised after contractors repainted `School Keep Clear` warnings outside the former Halfway Houses Primary School in Sheerness, saying the work was done in error.
- From the programme budget, KCC recorded a `350` cost for painting the lines, paid from a `1 million` annual signs-and-lines replacement programme, Peter Osborne said.
- The former Halfway Houses Primary School closed in October, 2016, and its buildings have been disused since; about 350 pupils relocated to Danley Road new school, Sheppey.
- Criticising the repaint, Mike Whiting called the move a farce and urged Kent County Council departments to talk to each other more, while publicly questioning the use of funds on social media.
- Earlier this year, Kent County Council sold the disused school site to Homes England for residential redevelopment, and Reform UK's control with 57 out of 81 seats tests the council's governance.
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Reform council apologises after repainting road markings outside school that closed years ago
Is this what a Reform government would look like? Clueless and wasting taxpayers’ cash on schemes that were never needed? It’s emerged that Kent County Council, which is widely seen as a test case of Reform UK’s ability to govern, repainted road markings outside a school which closed nine years ago. So much for Reform doing things differently and cutting costs! The Mail reports: “Kent County Council (KCC) said it was ‘sorry for any confusion’ af…
Kent Reform council 'farce' as 'Keep Clear' lines repainted outside school closed for 9 years - The Mirror
Reform swept into power in Kent after - in part - vowing to slash wasteful spending, although it has come under criticism over the recent "farce" when it painted zigzags outside a former primary school
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