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A new service returns buses to New Street from Monday 25 October – connecting Staple, Ash, Woodnesborough, Sandwich – with stops including Guilton Corner, The Chequer Inn (The Street), Mill Field (New Street).  There are four services Monday to Friday – departing from the Chequer Inn at 9.46am, 11.16am, 13.16, 14.45 through to Sandwich via New Street.  Leaving Sandwich The Guildhall, 10.43am, 12.43pm, 14.13pm 15.43pm.

The Sandwich Connect Bus will serve all marked bus stops along the line of route at the request of passengers. The parish council will be delivering timetables with full details to all houses along New Street and closer to the start date, there will be more information on the website. The service is a Kent County Rural Transport Initiative.

Temporary Road Closure – Durlock Road, Ash, Sandwich – from 30 August 2021 with estimated completion by 10 September 2021. It will be closed in the general vicinity of Ivy Cottage.The alternative route for through traffic is via Guilton, Pedding Hill, A257 Roman Road, Gobery Hill, A257 / B2046 High Street, Staple Road, The Street  and School Lane. Local access to the remainder of Durlock Road continues from either direction up to where the road is actually closed. Due to the nature of the works, it will not be possible to re-open the road outside the working hours.

The closure is to enable allow works to be carried out to connect to mains drainage to be carried out BEC Construction Ltd. The planned dates and duration may change for various reasons including the current coronavirus situation and adverse weather conditions, with any changes signposted on site and notified locally.

The most up to date information on these works, together with a map, can be found here: https://one.network/?tm=123104165

Temporary Road Closure – Richborough Road, Ash, Sandwich – 23-27 August 2021, with estimated completion by 27 August 2021. It will be closed in the general vicinity of Guston Farm. The alternative route for through traffic is via Richborough Road, Cop Street Road, Cop Street, A257 Ash Bypass, Hills Court Road and Cooper Street Drove, and vice versa. Local access to the remainder of Richborough Road continues from either direction up to where the road is actually closed.

The closure is to enable works to be carried out to renew a fire hydrant, being carried out by Clancy Docwra, working with Southern Water. Due to the nature of these works, it will not be possible to re-open the road outside the working hours.The planned dates and duration may change for various reasons including the current coronavirus situation and adverse weather conditions, with any changes signposted on site and notified locally.

The most up to date information on these works, together with a map, can be found on www.one.network

The Southern Water Customer Services team phone number is 0845 278 0845 – www.southernwater.co.uk

Latest news on the Ash Village Hall – keeping you safe – coffee mornings restarting – Library re-opening – Activities – Dover Lotto – see the article below for all the news.

Ongoing disruption to waste collections. Dover District Council has suspended the garden waste service until further notice.