Nearly 35,000 illegal cigarettes have been seized by KCC Trading Standards officers in a series of visits to shops in Maidstone as part of Operation CeCe, a National Trading Standards initiative in partnership with HMRC. Kent Police Community Safety Unit and Maidstone Borough Council’s Community Protection Team supported the initiative across two days of action.…
The Kent County Summer Fayre is taking place at the Detling Showground, Maidstone on July 10 and 11 July and Kent County Council will be there on stand 403. This year’s theme is ‘Kent Walk to Wellbeing’ which brings together many of the activities taking place across KCC and with partners, Explore Kent, Country Parks,…
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…
A targeted enhanced testing programme is being rolled out across the ME14 1 area of Maidstone in response to confirmation of a number of cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Those living or working in the ME14 1 postcode and anyone who has attended the Quaker Meeting House on Union Street, Maidstone, within the…
So far over £165 million of Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) funding has been awarded to date. The most recent recipient is Kent County Council securing £2,478,000 to support the development of a low carbon heat network in Maidstone. Local authorities across the UK have announced ambitious targets in an effort to not only encourage…
A consultation has been launched on a scheme which could see a roundabout built at the South Aylesford Retail Park junction of the A20 London Road. Kent County Council is looking for views on the plans which could see an additional approach lane on Mills Road and an additional lane on the roundabout between Mills…
With Christmas just days away, staff at Tovil HWRC have once again created their own Christmas grotto. For the past four years, staff at the Burial Ground Lane site have been collecting discarded Christmas decorations to make their festive display, complete with trees and festive statues. Residents can continue to recycle their real and artificial…
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…
Booking to use Kent County Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres starts tomorrow (Wednesday). People can book a slot either online at www.kent.gov.uk/hwrcbook or by phone on 03000 417373 from 11am on Wednesday. Depending on demand, you may be placed into a virtual queue. Government advice about essential visits to HWRCs is that journeys must only…
Kent County Council has praised the work of the firm Gallagher which has completed work ahead of schedule at the School of Science and Technology Maidstone. The works, arranged closely with Kent Highways, were essential on the New Cut Road site in order for the new school to open this September. KCC Cabinet Member for…
Two new rural transport schemes have been launched in Maidstone. The new 13 and 59 feeder bus services began running on February 17, with the 13 serving Hollingbourne, Leeds, Langley Heath, and Otham. The 59 serves Grafty Green, Ulcombe, Kingswood, Chart Sutton and Boughton Monchelsea. Kent feeder buses link into the commercial network and are…
Kent County Council is working on a heat network for Maidstone as an important part of its plans for carbon reduction and tackling climate change. The project team held an event on February 4 to engage with the market to understand private sector appetite for the further development of the project. More than 60 different…