The number of people killed after not wearing their seatbelts has more than halved according to new figures released by Kent County Council. Just four out of the 24 vehicle occupant fatalities on the county’s roads in 2016 involved drivers or passengers not wearing a seatbelt. This represents a significant improvement on the same figures…
Pedestrian crossings will be receiving an upgrade in a scheme by Kent County Council due to start next month. Work will be taking place from September 4 to the crossings at the junction of Elwick Road and Station Road and to the crossing at Victoria Way and Avenue Jacques Faucheux. KCC will be changing the…
A schoolgirl from Tonbridge who wrote to Kent County Council to ask for help with protecting the environment has begun her fight against litterbugs. So dismayed by the rubbish she sees on the ground, Charlotte Flower, nine, penned a letter to KCC’s waste department to ask for some “litter picker uppers” to help her and…
Plans for a new £29.6 million Sturry link-road are out to public consultation today (Wednesday). The proposed road aims to reduce traffic through the centre of Sturry, relieve congestion at the Sturry level crossing and cater for extra traffic from the new housing proposed at Sturry, Broad Oak and beyond at Herne Bay. The proposed…
Kent County Council’s Early Years and Childcare Service has scooped a second nationally recognised award for one of its innovative products, the ‘Enhancing Family Involvement in Children’s Learning (EFICL) Toolkit – Pathways to Excellence’. In 2016 the EFICL toolkit was also awarded the Nursery World Award for ‘Best Staff Resource’ and we are delighted that…
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…
Kent County Council’s ninth annual rail summit takes place this evening. The event will be streamed live, below. Agenda: 18:00 Welcome and introductions by Chairman 18:05 David Statham, Southeastern 18:15 Guy Schofield & Sarah Deakin, Kent Community Rail Partnership 18:25 Stephen Gasche, Kent County Council 18:35 Questions to the panel members 19:25 Concluding remarks from the…
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…
Leaders from the NHS in Kent and Medway, along with Kent County Council and Medway Council, have today published a compelling ‘case for change’ which sets out why services need to change to meet the needs of local people. The case for change shows that every day 1,000 people (about one in three people in hospital…
As the gateway to Europe, Kent suffers considerably from the impact of lorry drivers parking in unsuitable locations. Kent County Council wants to encourage lorries to park in official parks and has been working with the Department of Transport (DfT) to explore what can be done to stop the blight of overnight lorry parking. As…
The weekend of the Great British Spring Clean might be over but Kent County Council shows no signs of slowing down in getting the garden of England to live up to its name. Around 120 litter picks were carried out across Kent by volunteers, and our Community Wardens, Country Parks and Highways teams were involved…
Leader of Kent County Council (KCC), Paul Carter CBE, has used National Apprenticeship Week (6-10 March) to launch a major new campaign to encourage Kent employers to double the number of apprentices in Kent. Speaking to business leaders at a “Made in Kent” launch event held at the Shepherd Neame Brewery in Faversham today (Tuesday),…