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Active Travel consultation

Kent County Council (KCC) are consulting on their initial ideas for five walking and cycling improvement schemes funded from the £6million KCC has been granted to increase Active Travel choices.

The five schemes are:

Canterbury: Littlebourne Road to the City Centre
Folkestone: Central Railway Station to Cheriton
Thanet: Birchington to Margate Sands
Folkestone: Hythe to Dymchurch
Gravesham: Gravesend to Northfleet.

KCC want to understand and incorporate the views of local residents, cyclists, pedestrians and other stakeholders in their proposals.

Details about the schemes and an online consultation questionnaire can be found on KCC's website. The consultation period ends on Tuesday 19 January 2021.

Spokes objectives

To encourage cycling and publicise its benefits for the community and for individuals.
To ensure that local authority and government policies actively encourage cycling and make full provision for it as part of an overall transport strategy.

This is to ensure that all members of the public can enjoy cheap, safe and environmentally-sound travel for work and leisure.

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Coastal path at Lydden Spout transformed
Previously a section of the Chalk and Channel Way on National Cycle Network Route 2, Lydden Spout, was inaccessible and unsuitable for most people on bikes and those with restricted mobility.

Now, thanks largely to Sustrans, a newly constructed 4km path on the Dover/Folkestone section is now fully open to people to enjoy its spectacular views. What was a stony, potholed, unmaintained track has been transformed and mobility vehicles can use it for the first time.

Read all about the work on this trail and the numerous improvements carried out by the partners to enrich this beautiful Kentish gem on Sustrans' website.