Crossing smashed by vandal who left ominous message for Kent County Council

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00:00Not a ransom, but a not-so-clear message to Kent County Council.

00:05It reads, KCC, this is the last of the button.

00:09This cost you big time. You know what you did in 2012.

00:13This pedestrian crossing in Tunbridge was found destroyed and vandalised this week.

00:18But it isn't the first time it's been left in pieces.

00:21It's been damaged multiple times and targeted ever since Mark Hood joined the council in 2021.

00:27We've got a huge amount of school children who use the crossing every day.

00:32Lots of elderly people live here.

00:34So it's placing them in huge danger.

00:37It's got to the stage where the cost is meaning that officers at the county council are reviewing

00:43exactly how we go forward and whether or not to downgrade the crossing.

00:49It seems to be the only pedestrian crossing in Tunbridge to be targeted.

00:53But councillors and residents alike say it's putting children in danger with Shipborne Road so close to schools.

01:00We've got email addresses. If someone's got a problem with the council,

01:04it's much easier to get on your computer, on your laptop,

01:07send some email rather than cut out pieces of lettering and stick them to a destroyed panel.

01:13It's beyond belief.

01:15While no one seems to know exactly who's behind it and what exactly it even means,

01:20it's £3,500 every time it's replaced.

01:24Now, Kent Police, the council and residents are on a mission to find the crossing criminal.

01:30Abbey Hook for KMTV in Tunbridge.