Latest Kent County Council Media Releases
As schools reopen to all pupils, Kent County Council is providing compensation to families who bought a KCC Travel Saver Card or 16+ Travel Saver Card but may not have needed to use it during the national lockdown in January and February. Parents who paid in full for a KCC Travel Saver Card will receive…
Improvements to Sandwich railway station by Network Rail have been welcomed, as preparations get under way for The 149th Open, which will be played at Royal St George’s from 11-18 July. The improvements were designed to increase platform capacity, reduce disruption to local roads and residents, and enhance the experience for passengers and spectators. The…
The first of Kent’s new mobile library vehicles have hit the county’s roads, bringing a range of books to residents eager to nourish their love of reading during lockdown and beyond. KCC’s Libraries, Registration and Archives service has invested in five new vehicles to cover all the routes across Kent – including the surrounding areas…
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…
Kent County Council is preparing to lead an ambitious community-based programme of activities, to help children and young people reconnect with their pre-Covid-19 lives. The Reconnect: Kent Children and Young People Programme will be available to every child and young person in Kent, from early years through to the end of secondary school and onto…
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…
A new Kent Rail Strategy for the next decade and beyond has been officially adopted as Kent County Council’s rail policy, having been approved by Cabinet Members. This ambitious plan is intended to influence the provision of train services in the county of Kent well into the next decade. The new rail strategy has been…
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…
Kent businesses needing help to navigate new trade rules will be able to put their queries directly to experts – including Kent County Council Trading Standards. Hosted by the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday’s EU Transition: Ask the Experts’ free zoom webinar, 10.30am-12.30pm, is designed to be highly interactive with the content of the…
With Spring just around the corner, Kent County Council’s (KCC) Highways contractor, Amey is reaping the rewards from its SMART Winter Service programme. Winter 2020/2021 saw Kent Highways teams not only deal with COVID, but the Brexit transition and the second Beast from the East, all of which had the potential to close roads, halt…