One-way system planned for Hart Street in Maidstone to help congestion from Lockmeadow upgrade and McDonald s
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Updated: 15:01, 23 February 2021
There is hope that traffic problems experienced in Maidstone will be sorted out before an upgrade to the Lockmeadow Leisure Complex adds more congestion.
Members of Maidstone council s economic regeneration and leisure committee met to consider the borough s plans to spend £900,000 upgrading the facility - which it now owns - with a food hall, outdoor terraced seating area and children s play park.
Lockmeadow is due for a £900,000 reformatting
But while all councillors said they were in favour of the plan, some expressed concerns over adding to the traffic congestion in Barker Road, where the complex is based, and Hart Street, which comes off Barker Road.