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Briddock Pushes for Folkestone West Tunnel Redecoration

February 12, 2007 11:19 AM
Tunnel at Folkestone West Train Station

Tunnel at Folkestone West Station which Darren Briddock and the Lib Dems are campaigning to get renovated

Morehall Campaigner Darren Briddock has increased the pressure on South Eastern Trains to redecorate the underpass at Folkestone West station by recording a video showing the state of the tunnel and publishing it to the popular YouTube video site. Darren hopes the move will shame South Eastern Trains into a fast renovation of the tunnel.

In the video, which can be seen at www.youtube.com/v/3HuA_nG9sO8 and on the Shepway Liberal Democrats web site at www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/tv/ Darren shows the state of the tunnel, and describing it as "wet, dark and mouldy".

Darren says:

"I wanted to be able to show South Eastern Trains just how bad the tunnel is. The video seemed an ideal way to get the message across - I've sent it to their MD Charles Horton, so hopefully he will now act."

Last week in a letter to Charles Horton, MD of South Eastern Trains, Darren has requested that the underpass is renovated as soon as possible. In the letter, Darren said:

"The Folkestone West Underpass is a very unpleasant place to be: it's damp, has water running down the walls, peeling paint and mould growing. It's not what the fare paying passengers of Folkestone deserve."

Darren added:

"This underpass is one of the first things many visitors to Folkestone will see of our town, and what an awful impression it must give them."

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