Plans to support greener transport, digital connectivity, job opportunities and sustainable infrastructure are among a raft of actions set out in Kent County Council’s (KCC) new vision for the future. Approved by Cabinet today, the new four-year Strategic Statement ‘Framing Kent’s Future’ will now be submitted for full Council’s approval at the upcoming County Council…
Kent County Council (KCC) has been successful in securing funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) for a further two Active Travel schemes. Government officials have awarded £100,000 to go towards local improvements to make walking and cycling more attractive along Herne Bay seafront. A further £1.2 million has been earmarked to enhance walking and…
Operation Brock will continue to remain on the M20 to manage the flow of freight traffic to the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel while ferry capacity remains reduced at Dover, the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) partnership said today (Tuesday, 10 May). While one P&O vessel is now back in service and a second has been…
Operation Brock will continue to remain in place as a precaution to manage the flow of freight traffic to the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel while cross-Channel ferry capacity remains reduced, the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) partnership said today (Tuesday, 3 May). While one P&O ferry has now returned to service, no date has been…
Operation Brock will remain in place to manage the flow of traffic to the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel until at least after the May Day Bank Holiday on Monday 2 May, Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) confirmed today. With cross channel capacity still down by a third following the ongoing suspension of P&O services, the…
Traffic management on the M20 has been eased as the peak of this week’s EU-bound freight has now passed through the county and crossed the Channel, Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) partner National Highways has announced. Brock Zero, which involves closing the M20 coastbound between Junctions 8 and 11 so lorries heading to the Continent can…
Operation Brock will remain in place until after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend as a precaution to manage the flow of traffic to the Port of Dover and EuroTunnel, Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) leaders confirmed today. While both freight and passenger traffic has been flowing well along cross-Channel routes since the weekend, the volume of…
Leaders of the Kent Resilience Forum are thanking residents, drivers and business for their patience, following a period of severe traffic disruption to the road network in Kent over the weekend as a result of problems at the ports. Severe delays and congestion on routes to Dover occurred from Friday and throughout the weekend, after…
A further extension has been granted for a trial of shared electric scooters in Canterbury, meaning their use will be permitted within the authorised zone until the end of November 2022. The Department for Transport (DfT) issued guidance to highway authorities, including Kent County Council (KCC) saying programmes may continue beyond the end of this…
Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) leaders have thanked residents, businesses, drivers and hauliers for their patience as the Brock contraflow has been put back into operation on the M20. The precautionary move was made overnight on Monday (21 March) as P&O ferry services out of the Port of Dover are set to remain suspended for at…
Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) leaders are closely monitoring the impact of the suspension of P&O ferry services out of the Port of Dover on the county’s cross-Channel routes. Simon Jones, KRF Strategic Planning Lead, also assured the multi-agency group has well-worked plans in place to manage any potential traffic disruption to help protect local residents…
A speed awareness campaign, launched today by Kent County Council (KCC), aims to increase awareness of the impact of driving at excess speeds and understand that to reduce speed is to reduce the risk of a crash. In 2020, there were 144 crashes caused by excessive speed or travelling too fast for the conditions, resulting…