A new £2.5 million bus interchange in Gravesend has been officially opened. Construction of the Gravesend Bus Hub began in June 2021 and was led by Kent County Council (KCC) with contractors FM Conway. It has been designed to improve transport connections between rail, bus and bike. Buses have been using the hub while works…
A consultation into eight walking and cycling improvement schemes across Ebbsfleet, Greenhithe, and Northfleet starts today (Wednesday). The schemes are: Ebbsfleet: Swanscombe to Castle Hill and access into Ebbsfleet Academy; Ackers Drive connection. Greenhithe: London Road to Greenhithe Station; Bean Road Northfleet North: Northfleet High Street Northfleet South and Painters Ash: Springhead Road; National Cycle…
Work on a new £2.5 million bus interchange in Gravesend will start this month. Kent County Council has revealed its plans to improve the transport connections between rail, bus and bike and link-in with the Rathmore Road scheme. The improvements in Barrack Row and Garrick Street include: four new bus stops in Barrack Row more…
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…
A record number of journeys have been made on the Gravesend to Tilbury Ferry this year. On the second anniversary of the contract with ferry operator Jetstream Tours, Kent County Council and Thurrock Council say 150,000 journeys a year are being made, a 40% increase since the start of the contract. Subsidised by the two…
There will be a nine-week closure of the Pepperhill household waste (HWRC) site from August 18. Work will take place to repair the damaged roof following a fire at the site in April last year. Unfortunately, during the stripping-out and replacement works KCC will have to close the site. Due to the design of the…
Pepperhill household waste and recycling centre in Gravesend will reopen on Monday, August 13. Kent County Council closed the Station Road, Southfleet site following a fire on April 21. It broke out in the household waste bay in the waste transfer station. It remains unknown what caused the fire due to the quantity of waste…
Significant work for several months is required at the Pepperhill Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC), Kent County Council has said. On April 21 a fire broke out in the household waste bay in the waste transfer station, it is unknown as to the source of the fire due to the volume of the waste…
Kent County Council has received reassurance from Highways England that traffic modelling data expected last year will be available soon. Uncertainty over how Kent’s roads will cope with the new Lower Thames Crossing prompted KCC’s Cabinet Member for Transport Mike Whiting to write to government expressing his concerns. Mr Whiting said: “We believe the crossing…
Work on a £9.5 million link road scheme in Gravesend has been officially opened by KCC Chairman David Brazier. The link road, running between Stone Street and Darnley Road, is two-way and has a pavement for both pedestrians and cyclists to easily reach the station. It crosses the old Rathmore Road car park which still…
A school in Gravesend has won a £500 prize and been named a county recycling champion after topping the leaderboard in a home recycling challenge which involved more than 100 schools across Kent. St John’s Catholic Primary School received its prize at its very own Wastebuster assembly held this morning after putting in an exceptional…
Kent County Council and Thurrock Council have announced the award of a new long term contract for the operation of the Gravesend to Tilbury passenger ferry service. The service, which is used by around 200 passengers every day, needs subsidy from the councils to sustain its operation. Following a tender process, the councils have announced…