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…
Kent County Council has urged the government to “commit” to train services to smaller stations between Ashford and Tonbridge. It comes as KCC responds to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) consultation on changes to the rail network. One of the options being explored by the DfT is reducing services to stations that are considered “less…
Put your foot to the pedal and get down to the Maidstone CycleFest this weekend. Kent County Council is once again supporting the event with information about its cycle training programmes. Staff will also be on hand with an exhibition and information on the new cycle route along the Medway Towpath launching later this year.…
A cyclist is injured on the roads in the Canterbury area each week, new data has revealed. Kent County Council’s Road Safety Team will be working with Kent Police this April to try and bring that figure down. Figures show that 53 cyclists were injured on the roads in Canterbury in 2015 with nine of…
KCC Corporate Director for Growth, Environment and Transport Barbara Cooper said: “We welcome the announcement on the route for the Lower Thames Crossing, putting to rest the uncertainty for residents in Kent, Thurrock and Essex. “It is now essential that Highways England delivers the scheme at pace as this key piece of infrastructure that relieves…