Pool discussions continue
Rye town Council meets on Monday, September 30 with the swimming pool taking up most of the agenda. Plans to transfer Rye sports centre and pool into a community social enterprise at the start of next year will be discussed. A vote will be taken to exclude the press and public during the part of the meeting when contract negotiations will be discussed.
The new company has been fundraising during the summer following a public meeting at the leisure centre in July.
You can read the full agenda here.
More heavy rain
Friday, September 20 saw a huge thunderstorm over Rye. This graphic from the My Lightning Tracker app shows the scale of the storm which also brough hail across the area. Flooding water was reported at the bottom of the Mint and Mermaid Street and a drain on Udimore Road was lifted.
A further thunderstorm brought more heavy rain in the early hours of Sunday, September 22 and a flood warning was in place for the river Rother for most of Monday, September 23.
Your questions
What would you like to ask a representative from Southern Water? Rye News has put in a bid for a interview with someone from the company familiar with the ongoing water issues in and around Rye. Over the last few months Rye News has reported on flooding, sewage, water quality, broken pipes and breaks in service. Email us with your questions: info@ryenews.org.uk or leave a comment below.
Unlicenced taxi
East Sussex County Council says they’ve been made aware of an unlicensed vehicle operating as a taxi in Rye. A spokesperson for the council said: “Our licensed taxi drivers carry a Rother District Council identity badge: check your driver has theirs.”
Rye Arts Festival
It’s the final weekend of the 53rd annual Rye Arts Festival. You can read about a packed programme of events elsewhere in the news section of Rye News.
One event has been cancelled though. A chance to find out more about the mural at Camber Fields won’t now be happening because of this week’s heavy rain. The original plan was to add local people’s handprints to the artwork which is part of the multi million pound flood defence work taking place on the banks of the River Rother.
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Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons , Jess Angell , Southern Water logo , Juliet Duff .