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 11,279 potholes and carried out 16,036sqm of resurfacing where multiple potholes were found. The issue…
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…
The Leader of Kent County Council is to meet with Arriva and Stagecoach to establish which routes they will run as scheduled and which will need subsidy ahead of a consultation on Socially Necessary Bus Service funding in January. The discussions with commercial bus operators will look at the likelihood of the bus companies taking…
Kent County Council and Ashford Borough Council joined forces last night (Monday) in a UK-first to clamp down on illegally parked HGVs. The scheme, which allows the authorities to clamp and fine drivers, has been developed by working with the Department for Transport (DfT). The DfT agreed to change the current clamping policy for HGV’s…
Further details on the road widening of the A28 Chart Road in Ashford will be going on show next week. Kent County Council announced earlier this year a £32 million project to widen Chart Road between the Tank and Matalan roundabouts. It comes in preparation for the Chilmington Green development which will see around 5,750…
Reaction times when using a mobile phone whilst driving are slower than being at the drink drive limit or whilst smoking cannabis. The research has been revealed as Kent County Council launches a month-long campaign to encourage people to ditch their mobiles whilst driving. A survey by KCC found 73% of people fear the biggest…
Kent County Council is launching its summer drink-driving campaign with new figures revealing around one in six of all road deaths involves drink drivers. A new study shows that over the last three years there have been 654 crashes and 951 casualties as a result of a driver being impaired by alcohol. Kent Road Safety…
Shoppers, visitors and workers in the county town will benefit from a new 250-space car park from tomorrow (Thursday), following the acquisition of the former Royal Mail site near Maidstone East rail station by KCC and Maidstone Borough Council. One hundred of those spaces in the Sandling Road car park are in the “under croft”…
Youngsters at Willesborough Junior School now have a safer and cleaner walk to their classes following the resurfacing of a long and muddy footpath. The path, which runs alongside the village cricket club off Hythe Road, is also used by Norton Knatchbull pupils going to the playing fields and connects residential areas to the Willesborough…
Kent County Council is to widen Kennington Road in Ashford. It will be done in the Longport Bridge area between the junction with Blackwall Road North and the Julie Rose Stadium. The road narrows creating a localised pinch point affecting traffic flows in the area. It will be necessary to close part of Kennington Road…
KCC has urged the government to provide more carriages on trains during peak periods, address overcrowding and improve connectivity in its response to a consultation on rail services in Kent. The Department for Transport is consulting on rail services in the county ahead of a new franchise to run services coming into effect in December…
Two level crossings – at St Dunstan’s Street and at St Stephen’s Road in Canterbury will be closed on Sunday, June 4. Kent County Council has given permission to Network Rail to close the crossings throughout the day to carry out work. While permission would not usually be given for both of these crossings to…