PRESS RELEASE – TENTERDEN BYPASS

It has been announced that the Kent town of

Tenterden is to receive a bypass.

The proposal has gone through a lengthy period of

council, government and public consultations and has
faced months of protest and debate.

A government minister announced that the proposed

route would bring “relief to the residents of the busy
tourist town” while it would also “assist the local
community to cope more effectively with ever-
increasing demands on the road system”.

The plans for the new road have been submitted for
final verification and the work on preparing the route
should start within 12 months. The bypass should be
completed within 2 years.

A map of the accepted route will be on display in local

town halls and the local planning office will make the
detailed plans available from next week.
TENTERDEN BYPASS – ROUTE MAP
 BYPASS – IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Consider the positive and negative effects a bypass

might have on the areas on interest indicated on this grid.

Area of Positive impact Negative impact

interest

High street
traders

Tourism

Local residents

Local farmers

Commuters

Businesses

Rural groups

Local
conservationists

Local services

(Add an AofI of
your choice)

(Add an AofI of
your choice)
 Demonstration Roles
Gear yourselves up for a protest against the bypass!

You can plan to use a variety of tactics but your group

is going to join a rally that will march as part of a
mass demonstration so you’ll need to prepare!

As you have quite a large group, you could all choose different
areas of interest that motivate your wish to protest about the
bypass.

Roles Planning notes

High street
shop owner
High street
museum curator

High street resident

Local resident

Local farmer

Town business person

Retired eco-warrior
Member of local
conservation group
Worker at
town’s garage
Owner of high
street café
Landlord of
high street pub
Parent of children
at local school
 Volunteer helper at
local day care centre

Local student

Demonstration Roles
Gear yourselves up for a protest against the bypass!

Your group is going to join a rally that will march as

part of a mass demonstration against the proposed bypass.

You need to prepare yourselves in several different ways!

Suggestions for the demo

 Make some chants that can be called out, sung or chanted during the
march.

 Create a slogan that can be used in calling out or writing on signs.

 Make a big, clear banner stating your objection. This could use slogans,
puns, alliteration, bold statements, rhetorical questions… (But don’t
get rude or crude, please!)

 Literature such as fliers, leaflets, petitions, letters to councillors,

MPs, local newspaper etc could be written. Some of these might be
usable on the march whereas others might be good to show to
students and staff and to save in your user area.

 A speech could be prepared – if you were to get the chance to speak

to the crowd on the steps of the town hall. This would be good for the
group to prepare, a couple of the group to practice and have with them
and for the whole group to save to their user areas.
 Prepare your arguments against the bypass: if a reporter asks you
about your views, you’d look a bit daft if you ended up saying “Oh, I
dunno…”!

 Consider all the demo tactics you’ve found out about recently; could
you use any other tactic?

Demonstration Roles
The news team!

Gear yourselves up for reporting a protest about plans for a

bypass!

As a group you need to decide who’ll take on the roles outlined

below.

You’ll need to plan how you are going to go about your job and
you’ll need to check with staff about the route for the march
so that you can plan your shots, the views you want and where
to interview people.

The Roles

 A couple of camera people to film the demo or various parts of the demo.

 A couple of photographers to get a mix of stills that capture the spirit of

the demo.

 A couple of reporters who will try to speak with the protestors, getting their
views and reporting on the different sorts of people taking part in the
march.

The Job

 Plan your work: where will you stand, where will you get your shots, how will
 you get a variety of footage to capture the spirit of the event, how will you
get some of the protestor’s views?

 You will need to go out and follow the march as it takes place but you will
need to return to base early, perhaps before the whole demo ends.

 Why? Because you will need to download your footage/stills/report notes.

You might try to start editing some of the material. Everything will need to
be saved on a shared area so that everyone (you and the protestors) can
access the material in the future.

 If you can, save some things to your own area, too, so that you can edit the
material at your leisure.

 The reporters might have time to write a quick, brief copy that could be
saved, too. A copy is the piece being put forward for publication – an editor
will read over a copy and suggest changes before publication but it would be
helpful for some sort of copy to be available to the class.

Personal Reflections
My role in the demo and what I did

My views on what the experience was like

My views about the footage and reports about the demo

My evaluation on the effect and effectiveness of the demo

Things that I think are important enough to demonstrate about