Following today’s government announcement relaxing overseas travel rules from 19th July, Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) leaders say they stand ready to support the Department for Transport to meet its responsibilities on its strategic road network, helping to keep Kent moving and protecting local communities. In a statement to Parliament earlier on Thursday, Transport Secretary Grant…
The patience and understanding of Kent residents and motorists is being recognised ahead of the planned removal of the Operation Brock contraflow on the M20 motorway. Highways England staff are due to remove the barrier between Junctions 9 and 8 London-bound over the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April 2021, marking a return to business as…
A significant step towards normality on Kent’s roads is being taken with the suspension of services for EU-bound HGVs at the former Manston Airport site. From Sunday 21 March 2021 freight heading for the Port of Dover will no longer be directed to attend the Department for Transport-owned site, which will no longer offer Covid-19…
Severe traffic disruption has yet to materialise in Kent since the end of the EU transition period and members of the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) are working hard to ensure it stays that way. Hundreds of people from partners including Highways England, Kent County Council, Kent Police, the Department for Transport and other Government departments…
Operation Stack is being implemented on the coastbound carriageway of the M20 between Junctions 8 and 12. It has been put in place as a contingency measure following the French government’s announcement it will not accept any passengers arriving from the UK for the next 48 hours, and the subsequent closures of the Port of…
Kent County Council and Kent Police’s School Attendance Officers have resumed their joint anti-truancy operation, which had not been carried out in Kent for nearly 10 years. The operation of regular truancy sweeps started again this month with the first day of the operation stopping 16 school-aged children in the Folkestone area during the school…
The first European Day Without A Road Death – known as Project EDWARD – took place right across Europe today (Wednesday). The day has been designed to highlight the importance of all road users reflecting on their behaviour – whether cyclists, drivers or pedestrians. It has been devised by the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL).…