A whopping £68,000 has been given to Hadlow Parish Council to help fund two new minibuses in the village. The money has been given by the KCC community transport scheme which funds parishes, charities and community groups to allow them access to a bus or car service if public transport isn’t easily accessible. It allows…
A strategy for the restoration and creation of habitats in Kent that are thriving with wildlife and plants is going out to public consultation. The Kent Biodiversity Strategy consultation launches today (Monday) and aims to ensure the county’s natural environment regains and retains good health. Kent has a rich and varied biodiversity with globally rare…
Kent County Council will once again be at the Kent County Show next month (July) focusing on Kent’s Year of Green Action. The County Show is held at the Detling Showground, Maidstone on July 5, 6 and 7. The KCC stand, number 348, will be next to the Astor Ring and will offer a range…
Kent County Council has teamed up with Renault Trucks to introduce its first electric minibus to help disabled and vulnerable people. The nine-seater vehicle, a Master Z.E exclusively being used in Kent, has been adapted for up to two wheelchair users and will be run by Kent-based charity Compaid. The minibus is the first pilot…
Kent County Council has reached a major milestone in its ambitious LED street light conversion. Work started on the £40 million scheme in March 2016 and has now reached its original target of 118,000 lights converted. KCC cabinet member for highways and the environment Mike Whiting said: “The conversion to LED has given us a…
One drink will affect your ability to drive. In the last three years there have been 666 crashes on Kent’s roads where a driver was above the legal alcohol limit, resulting in more than 1,000 people being injured – 19 fatally. Drink driving is a needless killer on Kent’s roads. This summer’s campaign highlights the…
Showers, locally torrential with thunderstorms, are expected late on Tuesday and into Wednesday which could lead to difficult driving conditions, disruption to transport, power outages, localised surface water and river flooding. Warnings Issued (today): Yellow THUNDERSTORM Warning (Very Low Likelihood of Medium Impacts) valid 1800 on Tuesday 18th June to 2100 on Wednesday 19th June 2019.…
Leader of Kent County Council Paul Carter has today (Thursday) announced a new household waste site for Kent in Tonbridge and Malling, alongside successful negotiations allowing Kent residents to use Medway sites, and funding to tackle flytipping. Speaking at the County Council meeting, Mr Carter said that from June 3, the county’s 18 Household Waste…
Kent’s windmills are a striking visual feature of the landscape and provide an historical insight into the county’s agricultural past. Kent County Council is responsible for eight windmills in the county. These include six smock mills and two post mills and all eight are listed buildings. They are: Chillenden Mill, Goodnestone, Dover Davison’s Mill, Stelling…
Following government’s new research on 20mph speed limits, Kent County Council is reviewing how and where it can implement the schemes. In the past, 20mph zones followed Department for Transport guidance which said they could be introduced, for example, as a casualty reduction measure or to improve public health. To date, Kent has more than…
Kent County Council’s Environment and Transport Committee will next week be discussing an ambitious strategy to make Kent carbon neutral. The draft Kent and Medway Energy and Low Emissions Strategy, if agreed at the committee meeting, is due to go out for public consultation in early June. The strategy aims to create actions to eliminate…
From this morning, Operation Brock has been brought in on the M20 as an extra tool for managing disruption in Kent. The M20 contraflow will be in effect from north of Junction 8 (for Maidstone) to Junction 9 at Ashford. Operation Brock queues lorries bound for mainland Europe on the coastbound M20 and uses a…