Calls for a 10-metre stretch of pavement along a busy school route have been rejected, with a council leader being told it would cost up to £2 million to install. Every weekday hundreds of children are forced to walk in the road on their way to class because of a missing section of footpath. The issue, reported repeatedly over many years, concerns the walkway in Buckland Hill in Maidstone,, opposite the Jewsons depot, which runs out at the junction with St Peter’s Street. Maidstone council leader Cllr Stuart Jeffery, along with fellow Green Party member Cllr Rachel Rodwell who represents Allin…
