Parking and walls add to blighted Rye
Regarding Parking Meltdown the Citadel could be transformed by restricting traffic to residents and service traffic only and the removal all kerbs. Rye Citadel is not easily accessible to the elderly and infirm. Not only are the pavements (some with very high kerbs) in a poor state of repair but many are too narrow for wheelchairs and buggies to pass. This is less than ideal in a town much of whose income comes from tourism. A largely traffic free area combined with decent paving as is common in many historic towns on the continent would attract far greater numbers of people to the undoubted benefit of the High Street traders.
Possibly the greatest act of vandalism perpetrated on Rye in recent years has been the building of the flood defence walls along the Tillingham and Brede. Not only are the walls ugly in themselves but they cut off the view of the boats in the marina from the Strand thereby destroying the connection between boats and warehouses which is an essential part of Rye’s maritime history and what has drawn people to Rye in the past. The building of a lock and sluice at the confluence of the Brede and Rother would allow the removal of the unsightly walls and the retention of a constant water level in the marina thus restoring the visual connection between warehouses and boats.
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Hide AdI am aware that such projects cost money but it would be interesting to compare costs and benefits with those of the other link-road nearing completion at the opposite end of the District.
Grey Metcalf
Peasmarsh