Pedestrian crossings will be receiving an upgrade in a scheme by Kent County Council due to start next month. Work will be taking place from September 4 to the crossings at the junction of Elwick Road and Station Road and to the crossing at Victoria Way and Avenue Jacques Faucheux. KCC will be changing the…
Work is due to begin next month on the Hermitage Lane improvement scheme. It has been developed to ease the congestion at the entrance to the retail park. The layout will provide a longer dedicated lane for vehicles turning right into the retail park. Kent County Council Project Manager Russell Boorman said: “These changes will…
People can find out more about the Sutton Road improvement scheme at an engagement event later this month. Kent County Council has proposed plans to ease congestion on Sutton Road by providing a widened junction and approaches along both sides of the road. The junction will be widened to provide three lanes in each direction…
Kent County Council has withdrawn the consultation on infant feeding after listening to feedback from concerned families and other stakeholders. The consultation, launched on July 18, will now be reviewed and relaunched in September as it is recognised the current consultation has caused some confusion and does not fully articulate what was intended. Leader of…
A schoolgirl from Tonbridge who wrote to Kent County Council to ask for help with protecting the environment has begun her fight against litterbugs. So dismayed by the rubbish she sees on the ground, Charlotte Flower, nine, penned a letter to KCC’s waste department to ask for some “litter picker uppers” to help her and…
KCC is asking for residents’ views on the future plans for its country parks by launching a public consultation on its strategy for the next four years Seven of Kent’s country parks have just received a prestigious Green Flag Award – the mark of a quality park or green space. However, KCC wants to improve…
Grosvenor Bridge has reopened today (Friday) ahead of schedule following work by Kent County Council. The authority says work throughout July switched from the vital structural reconstruction works below the bridge to the resurfacing works above. The road and footpath has now been completely resurfaced and has now reopened – having previously been planned for…
Views are being sought on a new shared pedestrian and cycle route joining A21 Longfield Road junction at North Farm roundabout to Tunbridge Wells Hospital. The route would then link into an existing pedestrian/cycle route to Tunbridge Wells town centre. The route will link into Highways England’s “non-motorised user” route being constructed next to the…
Kent County Council’s support for ex-service personnel and Reservists has been recognised today with the Ministry of Defence Employers Recognition Silver Award – only six months after receiving the bronze award. KCC says it appreciates the valuable contribution that Reservists make to the UK Armed Forces, their communities and the workplace and offers 10 days’…
Plans for a new £29.6 million Sturry link-road are out to public consultation today (Wednesday). The proposed road aims to reduce traffic through the centre of Sturry, relieve congestion at the Sturry level crossing and cater for extra traffic from the new housing proposed at Sturry, Broad Oak and beyond at Herne Bay. The proposed…
An extensive review of all KCC buildings, begun immediately after the Grenfell Towers tragedy on 13 June, has so far revealed no serious concerns about the cladding on any premises. The primary focus of the survey was to: Identify the possible presence of Aluminium Composite Material cladding (ACM) as used on Grenfell Tower with samples…
Kent’s country parks are some of the best in the UK – and that’s official. The parks at Shorne Woods in Gravesend, Manor Park in West Malling, Lullingstone in Eynsford, Trosley in Vigo, Teston Bridge in Teston, Pegwell Bay in Ramsgate and Brockhill in Hythe are among a record-breaking 1,797 parks and green spaces that…
It’s not every day you get to walk to school to the sound of a brass band. For the children of St Francis primary school in Maidstone, marching the route to the gates with a trumpet, tuba, drum and a trombone in tow was the culmination of an active journeys competition. Throughout May, Kent County…
Schoolchildren across Kent are gearing up for the 10 Minute Shake Up – a national campaign aimed at getting children to be more active. Public Health England has launched its 10 minute shake-up campaign in Kent in time for the summer holidays – encouraging primary school children to do more exercise with a little bit of…
Find out more about the archaeological secrets of Cobham with a special event running this month. The Heritage Lottery-funded Cobham Landscape Detectives Project is holding a Big Dig in the village for the UK-wide Festival of Archaeology. It is being held from July 15 to 30 and will reveal more about the history and archaeology…
Counterfeit goods with a resale value of more than £100,000 were seized by KCC Trading Standards officers in raids on three premises on Sheppey. Kent Police and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group – which represents 3,000 brands affected by this crime – supported Trading Standards as it targeted three stall holders operating out of the Leysdown area,…
The number of fines issued to parents for taking their children out of Kent schools has reduced again this year. From September 2016 to July 2017, 1,221 parents were fined for unauthorised absences, compared to 3,504 in 2015/16 and 4,726 in 2014/15. The drop is as a result in a change of policy to prosecute…
