The patience and understanding of Kent residents and motorists is being recognised ahead of the planned removal of the Operation Brock contraflow on the M20 motorway. Highways England staff are due to remove the barrier between Junctions 9 and 8 London-bound over the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April 2021, marking a return to business as…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A significant step towards normality on Kent’s roads is being taken with the suspension of services for EU-bound HGVs at the former Manston Airport site. From Sunday 21 March 2021 freight heading for the Port of Dover will no longer be directed to attend the Department for Transport-owned site, which will no longer offer Covid-19…
Another £10 million blitz on the county’s potholes has started this month (March). Over the last year, KCC patched 358,840 square metres of Kent’s roads, equivalent of 50 full size football pitches. In addition, 600, one metre square individual potholes have been repaired, bringing the total number of individual pothole repairs across the county to…
The first phase of Kent’s latest resurfacing programme started in January and is progressing well. This £5 million work includes 26 locations around the county and will continue through to the end of March. This vital investment will help to reduce potholes caused by the weather conditions we have experienced in Kent this winter. A…