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Save Our Bus Services

Kent County Council

Massive cuts to bus services across Maidstone (and the rest of Kent) are being proposed by Kent County Council including services for disabled people (the Kent Karrier services). See: https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/documents/s109372/Report.pdf

Annually these services provided 128,000 bus journeys in and around Maidstone last year:

Service, days and number of journeys

Maidstone Kent Karrier Mon-Sat 2,804
59 Grafty Green to Maidstone Mon-Fri 4,291
24 Sandhurst to Maidstone Tu 790
266 Kilndown to Maidstone Tu 846
Detling Shopper Detling to Maidstone Mon-Fri 3,572
332 Deans Bottom - Stockbury - Yelsted - Sittingbourne Schools SDO 4,182
X1/X2 Kings Hill to West Malling & Maidstone Mon-Fri 64,148
5 Maidstone to Sandhurst Mon-Sat 11,525
13 & 59 Grafty Green & Harrietsham to maidstone Sat 5,195
58 Addington to Maidstone Mon-Sat 21,782
88 Maidstone to Kings Hill Mon-Fri 8,505

Kent County Council have started their consultation on the cuts. Please sign our petition and go to their website to comment directly: https://letstalk.kent.gov.uk/bus-funding-reductions

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Maidstone Green Party

To: Kent County Council
From: [Your Name]

With the dire state of Maidstone's already congested roads, rising fuel prices and the requirements for strong action on climate change, bus services need to be invested in, not cut. We therefore call on you to reverse your plans for cuts to these essential bus services and to invest in additional services that are urgently required.