The Chairman of Kent County Council, Mr Graham Gibbens, has expressed the deepest sympathy of the Members and officers of Kent County Council on the sad passing of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. The Chairman said: “The Duke has been a constant source of support for Her Majesty The Queen during her reign…
Preliminary work ahead of a new signalised junction at the A251/A2 junction in Faversham will begin on Tuesday (April 6). It comes as part of plans by Kent County Council to ease congestion and queuing on the A251 Ashford Road and improve turning onto the A2 Canterbury Road. Before work can start on the scheme,…
Half a million symptom free COVID-19 tests have now been carried out at sites across Kent. Symptom free tests are a vital part of the county’s route out of lockdown as around 1 in 3 people with coronavirus do not have any symptoms. This means they could be spreading the virus without knowing it. Out…
Satisfaction levels with Kent’s Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRC) have been found to be overwhelmingly high in a new survey. Nearly 9,000 people were asked about their experiences, with the results showing 95% were satisfied or quite satisfied with their visit and felt safe. More than 98% were also happy with the booking system.…
Kent County Council has asked the government to reduce the number of night flights coming in and going out from Gatwick Airport as the UK comes out of lockdown. This is in response to the Department for Transport (DfT) consultation on night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. KCC has said that the…
Kent County Council has been awarded £500,000 to carry on an innovative new study on tree planting which could change the way the UK plants trees. The Trees Outside Woodlands project, led by Defra, Natural England, and the Tree Council, is a £2.52 million investment over the next two and a half years. The study…
Kent County Council has published its forward works programme outlining plans for highway maintenance right across the county for the next five years. This investment plan includes renewal and maintenance work not just for roads and pavements but also streetlights, drainage systems, traffic lights, bridges, tunnels, and trees. It includes around 7.5 million square metres…
Kent County Council has approved plans for Dover Fastrack, a rapid bus transit system connecting Whitfield with Dover town centre and Dover Priory railway station. Dover will be the county’s second Fastrack rapid bus transit service following the success of the scheme in Dartford. Dover Fastrack aims to help boost the delivery of new homes…
Kent County Council’s plans to cut its carbon emissions have received a major boost with the award of over £21 million in funding. KCC has committed to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 for its own services and buildings with major energy projects identified as the way to achieve this goal. These projects include two…
The latest official Government figures for waste and recycling in England show just 1.5% of Kent’s rubbish goes to landfill. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report of waste and recycling statistics for 2019/20 found KCC disposed of 670,000 tonnes of household waste. Of that, 315,000 tonnes of waste was recycled and 345,000…
An £11 million programme to extend the life of Kent’s roads and prevent potholes starts next week and will continue until September. The road surface preservation programme starts on March 22 and will improve over 125 miles of highway equivalent to 1.1 million square metres. These specialist treatments preserve roads for eight to 10 years…
A tree planting scheme to restore an avenue in Tonbridge to its original look from 1930 has begun this week. Cornwallis Avenue was officially opened on March 7, 1930 by Lord and Lady Cornwallis with the roadside lined with trees. The name Cornwallis was spelt out by the initial of the trees planted from both…