Significant work for several months is required at the Pepperhill Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC), Kent County Council has said. On April 21 a fire broke out in the household waste bay in the waste transfer station, it is unknown as to the source of the fire due to the volume of the waste…
There’s a whole lot of holes being filled on the county’s roads as Kent County Council continues its £7.5 million pothole blitz. Since the start of 2018, over 20,000 potholes have been filled. Since March 1, KCC has filled in 19,956 potholes and carried out 31,251sqm of resurfacing where multiple potholes were found. The issue…
Three in four crashes involving children on Kent’s roads are because of youngsters not looking properly before they cross. Child pedestrians are consistently shown to be at their most vulnerable between the ages of 11 and 16 as this is often when, with increasing independence, they begin their first solo pedestrian journeys on potentially unfamiliar routes.…
A KCC scheme to help businesses invest in technology to help battle climate change has been recognised at an awards ceremony. The Low Carbon Across the South East (LoCASE) Project was selected as runner-up by the President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) Awards. The three-year LoCASE project has,…
To help alleviate an increase in usage, Tovil Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) will be open for longer two days a week. Over the past few weeks the site on Burial Ground Lane has seen an excess of 2,000 cars a day. Unfortunately, the increase in use is having a knock-on effect to the…
Kent County Council has received reassurance from Highways England that traffic modelling data expected last year will be available soon. Uncertainty over how Kent’s roads will cope with the new Lower Thames Crossing prompted KCC’s Cabinet Member for Transport Mike Whiting to write to government expressing his concerns. Mr Whiting said: “We believe the crossing…
A proposal for a shared pedestrian and cycle path along Princes Road in Dartford is due to go out to public consultation today. The plans would see a 900m-long path run along Princes Road, to the east of the M25 Junction 1b. The proposals require the widening of the existing pavement between the Princes Road…
Youngsters who have a KCC Young Person’s Travel Pass (YPTP) will soon be able to travel on Arriva buses in the evening, during the holidays and at weekends for free. It means that children will be able to ride Arriva buses outside of the normal Monday to Friday 6am-7pm slot. The new initiative is set…
KCC has announced a delay in the start of the £26 million improvement works to the A28 Chart Road in Ashford. Kent County Council and Ashford Borough Council said the works have been put on hold until the developer of the 5,750 homes at Chilmington is in a better position to provide guarantees to cover…
The government has today announced that Kent County Council has been successful in the first stage of its application for Forward Funding from a national £5 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund. The money will support the delivery of major transport infrastructure enabling the construction of thousands of planned new homes in Swale. This follows the submission…
Kent County Council has secured a seven-week electric bus trial for the county, only the second local authority to do so in the UK. Working with Volvo and ABB, a Swedish-Swiss engineering group, the electric bus produces no emissions and is driven by electric motors. It will operate as an additional hourly service – running…
Kent businessman and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Geoff Miles, has been presented with the prestigious Invicta Award for his fantastic contribution towards the Kent economy. Presenting the award, Chairman of Kent County Council, David Brazier, thanked Mr Miles for working tirelessly for the county’s business community and providing a strong voice in attracting new investment…