Kent County Council (KCC) is endorsing the THINK! campaign encouraging road users to look out for each other. Since the Highway Code changed in January 2022, a new hierarchy has been in place to make sure those who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger they may pose. Other…
Plans are being developed to use new powers to improve safety and tackle congestion by enforcing moving traffic offences. Kent County Council (KCC) is applying to the Department for Transport (DfT) for these new powers, for offences that could previously only be enforced by the police. If approved by DfT, specialist Automatic Number Plate Recognition…
Time is running out to take part in a survey aimed at gathering views of how Kent’s roads are maintained. Kent County Council (KCC) wants to hear from all road users before the deadline of the end of February. It is the fourth year running in which KCC has taken part in the National Highways…
A scheme to cut congestion outside school gates is being piloted in Swale as schools returned this week after half term. It builds on the government’s drive to encourage more forms of active travel and the ‘build back greener’ push following the coronavirus pandemic. Kent County Council wants to help school children swap car journeys…
A consultation launches today (Wednesday) into proposals to restrict traffic through Felderland Lane in Deal. Concerns have been raised by residents about the road’s use as a short-cut between the A258 Deal Road and A256 Sandwich Road. Kent County Council is proposing to stop the left turn into Felderland Lane from the Deal Road and…
After a relatively mild winter – so far – Kent County Council has once again launched its pothole blitz for 2019. KCC will have 11 local contractors delivering the blitz as follows: Dartford and Gravesham – O’Rourke Contracting; Sevenoaks – SCG; Tunbridge Wells – Kenson Contractors; Maidstone – Duke Contractors; Tonbridge and Malling – Tom…
One drink will affect your ability to drive – this Christmas, Kent County Council is asking people to make the right choice and not drink and drive. In the last three years there have been 674 crashes on Kent’s roads where a driver was impaired by alcohol, resulting in more than 1,000 people being injured…
KCC has announced a delay in the start of the £26 million improvement works to the A28 Chart Road in Ashford. Kent County Council and Ashford Borough Council said the works have been put on hold until the developer of the 5,750 homes at Chilmington is in a better position to provide guarantees to cover…
Young people are being urged to “Speak Out” if they feel unsafe, as latest figures reveal 193 car occupants aged 16 to 24, have been killed or seriously injured on Kent’s roads in the past three years. This month, Kent County Council’s road safety team launched the Speak Out campaign, aimed at giving young people…
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…
Work is due to begin next month on the Hermitage Lane improvement scheme. It has been developed to ease the congestion at the entrance to the retail park. The layout will provide a longer dedicated lane for vehicles turning right into the retail park. Kent County Council Project Manager Russell Boorman said: “These changes will…
Two level crossings – at St Dunstan’s Street and at St Stephen’s Road in Canterbury will be closed on Sunday, June 4. Kent County Council has given permission to Network Rail to close the crossings throughout the day to carry out work. While permission would not usually be given for both of these crossings to…