Kent hits the brakes on speed reduction19/08/2025 Kent County Council has announced that it is scrapping plans to reduce the speed limit on Marine Parade on the Isle of Sheppey only nine months after approving the scheme. |
Kent left 'frustrated' at crossroads of new campaign13/08/2025 Kent County Council has sent mixed messages by allocating almost half of the funds for its road transformation plan towards reactive repairs, despite a headline focus on preventative maintenance. |
Kent sends mixed messages on new road campaign01/08/2025 Kent County Council has expressed frustration to Highways that it has been forced to allocate the lion’s share of a £67m investment into reactive road repairs and not preventative measures. |
Kent CC calls for share of Dart Charge profits11/07/2025 The Department for Transport (DfT) is set to increase the toll charge for the Dartford Crossing from September this year, and the leader of Kent County Council feels that it should see a share of the profits. |
Complex construction delays A249 scheme14/05/2025 Kent County Council (KCC) has announced further delays to the installation of a second bridge over the A249 and the realignment of the junction at Grovehurst Road in Sittingbourne, due to ‘the complexity of the construction’. |
Exclusive: Kent outlines £400m horizon on GW Highways deal25/04/2025 Kent County Council has awarded a highways deal worth up to £400m through its new road asset renewal contract to West Malling-based contractor GW Highways. |
Funding doubts threaten £41m link road22/10/2024 Work to build a £41m link road near Canterbury has been put back again because of delays to its funding. |
VolkerFitzpatrick wins £38m Kent viaduct project25/03/2024 Kent County Council has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick to design and build a highway crossing over a rail line and river near Canterbury. |
Kent slammed by councillors over ‘last-minute’ repairs deal04/01/2024 A second extension to Kent County Council's highways term maintenance contract with Amey has been criticised by councillors for what they described as an unacceptable 'last-minute approach to a critical service'. |
Jacksons wins £23m 'two-bridge flyover' work on A42909/06/2023 Kent County Council has awarded Jacksons Civil Engineering a £23m contract to overhaul a junction on the A249 near Sittingbourne. |
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Amey and Kent get smart on gritting29/10/2021 Amey has developed a data-driven predictive winter service model potentially saving Kent County Council over £100,000 a year on its gritting operations. |
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Live Labs drone project hits new heights08/04/2021 Amey is embarking on the second phase of its drone trial technology project in Kent, focusing on inspecting vegetation and highways assets and identifying defects in power and water utilities infrastructure. |
GW Highways and Kent: The real deal in partnership31/03/2021 In January, GW Highways began work on a £160m road asset renewal contract with Kent County Council lasting two years, with the possibility of a two-year extension. |
Camera and sensors scan Kent for potholes19/11/2020 Kent County Council and Amey are trialling a system that combines cameras and sensors on buses and council vehicles to spot potholes and other carriageway defects. |
Contract extension will make it 20 years for Telent in Kent17/11/2020 Telent has won a five-year extension of its traffic signal maintenance contract with Kent County Council. |
Kent advertises £160m surfacing works08/07/2020 Kent County Council is seeking a contractor for surfacing works worth up to £160m over two years. |
Local heroes Conway to blitz Kent's potholes in £1.5m deal21/02/2019 Kent County Council has awarded FM Conway a two-year contract to provide surface repair services through the council’s ‘pothole blitz’ initiative. |
Amey wins two-year extension in Kent28/11/2018 Amey has secured a two-year contract extension with Kent County Council to maintain their highways portfolio until 2020. |
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