School pupils across the county are being encouraged to take part in a wide range of ecology and environment lessons thanks to an imaginative project in Canterbury. Students at Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar have been working on producing an activity programme which utilises an area of woods and grassland within its school grounds. With a…
Two days of enforcement action concerning the use of Blue Badges in Canterbury have been carried out by Kent County Council’s Counter Fraud team in conjunction with the city council’s civil enforcement officers. The purpose of the day was to combat the incorrect and fraudulent use of the disability parking scheme. Throughout the day civil…
A ‘try before you buy’ training course in how to ride electric bikes is now available in Canterbury and Deal. KCC Cycle Training team want to give people the skills and confidence to use e-bikes more safely and more often, for leisure and work. They have secured funding from the Department for Transport ‘E-cycle Extension…
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,…
The 13 councils of Kent are working in partnership to tackle flytipping and waste crime. Flytipping is a crime with serious consequences and serious penalties. There should be no excuses for flytipping, with residents and businesses aware of their responsibilities when disposing of waste following last year’s campaign around illegal waste carriers. Flytipping is dealt…
In a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday (Saturday), Kent County Council Leader Roger Gough and Cabinet Member for Education and Skills Richard Long urged the Secretary of State to keep primary schools closed in Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone and Hythe districts. KCC does not have any statutory powers to order schools to…
Pilgrims Hospices, east Kent’s hospice charity, has tree-mendous news. Pilgrims Hospices is proud to be rolling out the renowned Christmas Tree Recycling fundraising campaign into Canterbury and Thanet for the first time. The environmentally-friendly fundraising initiative has been running in the Ashford Borough Council area for eight years, with support of the local Council, and…
A year-long trial of electric scooters in Canterbury is now being consulted on by Kent County Council. The scheme aims to bring affordable, environmentally friendly electric scooters to the city as part of a Department for Transport national trial. There will be four phases, with the first starting in November with e-scooter operator Bird providing…
Kent County Council, Canterbury City Council and Bird, the leading micro-mobility operator, have teamed up to bring affordable, environmentally friendly electric scooters to Canterbury. Kent County Council has been successful in bidding for a 12 month electric scooter pilot, with the Department for Transport giving the green light for the trial earlier this week. The…
The first wave of schemes to encourage walking and cycling in the county has been announced by Kent County Council. In total there will be four 20mph schemes – two town-wide schemes in Faversham and Tonbridge, and two town centre schemes in Margate and Tunbridge Wells. These schemes are being introduced through an Experimental Traffic…
Kent County Council has welcomed news that government has awarded £1.6 million to help make active travel easier. The Department for Transport cash is specifically to invest in walking and cycling initiatives across the county. Among those schemes now to be put in place within the next eight weeks by Kent Highways are: improvements to…
Maintenance work has been carried out on the Grove Ferry Bridge earlier than planned due to lockdown. The bridge, first renovated by KCC back in 2000, needed a new waterproofing layer and surfacing. Work was brought forward after KCC and maintenance contractor Amey took the lockdown opportunity to review its programme of work and carry…