Battling for better road, rail and bus transport.

Congestion on Loose Road is one of the primary issues concerning constituents in south Maidstone. The closure of Cranborne Avenue exacerbates the existing bottleneck, while simultaneously making the junction more dangerous.

Reliable and frequent trains, to and from the capital, are vital for the local economy and quality of life for our county town commuters. I am grateful to Southeastern for listening to our needs and concerns, and to Katie Boots for all of her hard work on this ongoing campaign.

The fireworks of New Year’s Eve seem long in the past as weather systems Ischa and Jocelyn stormed us through January toward the last month of Winter. Meanwhile my team and I have been as busy as ever with a wide array of activities in Maidstone & The Weald.

Whenever I speak with people who live, work or travel through the Allington and Barming wards of Maidstone, which is frequently, it is never long before the conversation turns to the adverse consequences of overdevelopment around Hermitage Lane.

Earlier this month, Maidstone Borough Council published its Draft Local Plan Review.

Many of us are still haunted by the chaos that gripped Kent during the summer of 2015 when disruption at the Port of Dover led to endless weeks of congestion due to Operation Stack.