Meeting with Hurst Green Parish Council

Hurst Green Village Sign

Much of our discussion focussed on the A21. Year on year, this village community has been promised road safety measures which don’t get delivered. We have now secured £18m of funding to improve the safety of the A21 between Flimwell and Hastings and I am determined that the village sees some tangible improvements.

Highways England have contacted the parish council to arrange a meeting to discuss their priorities and I will be taking an active role in ensuring they are implemented.  Pollution and speeding in the village must to be addressed.

On other matters, we discussed parking enforcement and the poor bus service for the village. I urged the parish council to take part in ESCC’s current Bus Improvement Strategy consultation – more information on this below. Finally, I was pleased to hear that Hurst Green has started the Neighbourhood Plan process which means they can have a greater influence on where homes are built in their village.

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Roads

Bexhill and Battle is connected to the rest of the country by two main trunk roads – the A259 (linked to A27) and the A21. Both these roads are managed by National Highways and are almost entirely single carriageway throughout the constituency and the rest of East Sussex. Major road infrastructure improvements are needed in our area if we are to create a safer road network and increase the flow of investment in jobs, businesses and housing in our community.

Statement from Huw Merriman MP

After 9 years as the Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle, I have made the decision not to stand as a candidate at the next election. This means I will also leave my job as Rail Minister on 4 July. I have loved being an MP and I leave with a heavy heart.