Another nail in coffin

I READ with dismay, but not surprise, the article in the Observer about the fact that there is now only one dropped access kerb along the entire length of the promenade for wheelchair users and disabled scooters. The Rother District Council's response of 'we are working hard to find a solution' rather smacks of 'whoops, we forgot disabled people might want to access the promenade'.

This is yet another nail in the coffin of disaster that is now our seafront.

Has anyone considered the cost of maintaining these gardens? The old grassed seafront could be kept neat and tidy with minimal effort by a man on a sit-and-ride mower. The new intricate grassed areas will need hand mowing and then edging - made even more difficult by the recent addition of fixed benches in the grass.

The lawned areas are already full of the gravel from the ‘flower’ beds (no doubt put there by the gulls) and undoubtedly future winter gales will add shingle to them.

Who will be paying for this highly labour intensive maintenance? One answer... you and me, the rate payer, who were never consulted about this in advance.

And while I’m on the subject of paying, why, oh why, are those lights in the gardens not solar powered? We could at least have had something free and eco-friendly.

Rother’s councillors have a lot to answer for.

CHRISTINE HAMILTON

Southcourt Avenue

Bexhill on Sea