Frustrated residents have branded their town’s new £250,000 Spanish-style plaza “a total and utter waste of money” and say it should be ripped up. A stretch of Central Parade, which runs along Herne Bay seafront, has been shut off to cars as a result of the pedestrianisation scheme. This has resulted in a new one-way system which has already caused issues, with a bin lorry being driven in the wrong direction along Richmond Street last week. Backers of the plaza say it is not yet finished and in the summer it could boost the town’s economy and footfall on the pier. But more than 800 people have…
