Security teams move in to evict protesters against £94 million road (From The Argus)
Get involved: Send your news, views, pictures and video by texting SUPIC to 80360 or email us.
Security teams move in to evict protesters against £94 million Hastings to Bexhill link road
9:19am Wednesday 16th January 2013 in News By Tim Ridgway, Local government reporter
Security teams move in to evict protesters against £94 million road
Security teams have moved in to evict protesters against a controversial £94 million link road.
Up to 30 activists are defending trees and occupying tunnels in Crowhurst, near Hastings, as they try to disrupt the construction of the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road.
Protesters are reporting security guards and bailiffs, supported by Sussex Police, began attempts to evict the camp at 8am today.
The main camp, which has been in place since December 21, is located close to Adam’s Farm, Crowhurst.
Sussex Police have confirmed 12 people have been arrested in incidents relating to the protest since it began a month ago.
East Sussex County Council, which is funding the majority of the road, claimed it is needed to create space for jobs, homes and offices.
- Victim "fabricated" sex assault story - day eleven of Albion players' trial
- Dad-of-two was visiting brother and nephew when he was gunned down in Hove
- UPDATE: A27 closed in both directions near Worthing after serious accident
- Sussex artists put their skills on show
- Sussex's sewage will become drinking water under new plans
Comments(26)
PETE OF QUEENS PARK
says...
9:33am Wed 16 Jan 13
hurdygurdy
says...
10:01am Wed 16 Jan 13
Also, whether these people are “scruffy” or not, really adds nothing, and in fact just detracts from the point.
nocando
says...
10:09am Wed 16 Jan 13
theleftygiraffe
says...
10:32am Wed 16 Jan 13
hurdygurdy wrote:Well said.
What they are doing is utterly commendable, namely trying to protect the countryside from being decimated in the name of “progress”. This will soon no longer exist as a quiet and tranquil area for all to enjoy, and shall be transformed into a no-go area just so people can travel between Bexhill to Hastings in their privately owned cars, great. What’s needed is more investment in the trains and buses.
Also, whether these people are “scruffy” or not, really adds nothing, and in fact just detracts from the point.
Sussex jim
says...
10:44am Wed 16 Jan 13
Those misguided protesters should be served eviction notices, and then be forced to pay the costs of their removal if they choose to stay. ( Most of them can probably afford to anyway.)
Jonny Harris
says...
10:45am Wed 16 Jan 13
The protesters are a bunch of layabouts and should get jobs !
nosolution
says...
10:51am Wed 16 Jan 13
MarkBrighton
says...
10:51am Wed 16 Jan 13
layabouts ? I'd like to see you camping out at this time of the year for a cause you believed in ! but people like you tend to just snipe at people from the comfort of their own armchairs... very brave..
Cyril Bolleaux
says...
10:57am Wed 16 Jan 13
Ballroom Blitz
says...
11:35am Wed 16 Jan 13
nosolution wrote:No they haven't. Idiotic statements like this don't help your cause, as its self evidentally not true.
In a 100 years the COWDEPYS(those who concrete over wildlife for development ego and profit) will have completely smothered the country in a concrete and tarmac hell..
Poccypoc
says...
11:48am Wed 16 Jan 13
Then, take them to various police stations. Charge them with swearing at police officers, obstruction and other relevant offences.
gaz scott
says...
12:06pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Poccypoc wrote:Can I suggest you add the Ladybird Book of Democracy and the Justice System to your limited collection. Or maybe move to a country where protesters would indeed be dealt with in this way or worse.
Get these feckless layabouts and hippies off this land with water cannon. An impromptu ice bath might make them think.
Then, take them to various police stations. Charge them with swearing at police officers, obstruction and other relevant offences.
BagelCat
says...
12:09pm Wed 16 Jan 13
BagelCat
says...
12:09pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Dave in Hastings
says...
12:17pm Wed 16 Jan 13
nocando wrote:And this road will do nothing to relieve the congestion for through traffic. It will just shift the jams to the Ridge (for those that know Hastings). A proper by-pass is required, not this half-hearted bodge-up.
long overdue. That coast road's been strangling hastings for too long.
Dave in Hastings
says...
12:18pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Sussex jim wrote:Well if that's the purpose of the new road, it will fail miserably. The only road it will relieve is a short stretch of the Bexhill Road.
The purpose of this new road is to take away most of the traffic on the existing road through the populated areas of St.Leonards and Hastings.
Those misguided protesters should be served eviction notices, and then be forced to pay the costs of their removal if they choose to stay. ( Most of them can probably afford to anyway.)
Dave in Hastings
says...
12:21pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Jonny Harris wrote:Correct in the first sentence, but you obviously know nothing about this road. It will NOT be part of any south coast motorway, and will shift traffic jams to elsewhere in Hastings.
Hastings and the whole of East Sussex is in dire need of decent roads. A motorway along the south coast to Cornwall would be a great thing.
The protesters are a bunch of layabouts and should get jobs !
And totally wrong about the protesters. At least they are getting off their arses to do something they believe in.
Dave in Hastings
says...
12:22pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Cyril Bolleaux wrote:So the new road is going to make the train journey easier now? Blimey! It must be good... ;)
I fully support the bailiffs and look forward to the new road. Try commuting to the St Leonards industrial estates on the bus/train. A colleague does this and it is two hours each way from Eastbourne. There is nothing wrong with private cars. The problem lies with extremist Greens who wish to dictate how everbody else should live.
Poccypoc
says...
12:40pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Jonny Harris wrote:A pity the Government didn't go ahead with the Folkestone to Honiton super-highway in 2002 when it was on the agenda.
Hastings and the whole of East Sussex is in dire need of decent roads. A motorway along the south coast to Cornwall would be a great thing.
The protesters are a bunch of layabouts and should get jobs !
nosolution
says...
12:45pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Ballroom Blitz wrote:Try to read properly,I was using future tense not the past or present.This country is the most built up in Europe and has far more road space (1.8% of land area) but has far more congestion in spite of this due to ridiculous road schemes.No other country in Europe is as gridlocked at rush hour...
nosolution wrote: In a 100 years the COWDEPYS(those who concrete over wildlife for development ego and profit) will have completely smothered the country in a concrete and tarmac hell..No they haven't. Idiotic statements like this don't help your cause, as its self evidentally not true.
Cyril Bolleaux
says...
1:16pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Dave in Hastings wrote:Not sure what point you are making but it will make the journey better for all people who drive to the St. Leonards industrial estates. It will also make life better for people who live on the coast road. It will attact business to Hastings so helping the young people of the town get decent jobs. No one likes concreting over green areas but sometimes it has to happen. In the 19th century the same arguments were used against the railways as are now used against roads yet the greens now worship the train.
Cyril Bolleaux wrote: I fully support the bailiffs and look forward to the new road. Try commuting to the St Leonards industrial estates on the bus/train. A colleague does this and it is two hours each way from Eastbourne. There is nothing wrong with private cars. The problem lies with extremist Greens who wish to dictate how everbody else should live.So the new road is going to make the train journey easier now? Blimey! It must be good... ;)
PorkBoat
says...
1:18pm Wed 16 Jan 13
AmboGuy
says...
1:47pm Wed 16 Jan 13
1) It will never ever work.
2) It only delays the inevitable.
3) It just costs the tax payer more money to deal with evicting them.
4) It turns the vast majority of the public against them.
Do they care? Not one bit. If you want to look at some of the most arrogant and misguided people in society then don't look at the politicians look at this lot instead.
zed dead
says...
1:50pm Wed 16 Jan 13
this job is for the cops not some hired help,,this is privatization gone mad,,and it will keep going up in cost to fund some hedge fund overseas and you pay for it
jonmik
says...
5:16pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Hoarder12345444 says...
9:23am Wed 16 Jan 13