Cheriton High Street, Cheriton has now been re-opened (afternoon Friday 28th May) after investigations into subsidence in the road. The carriageway subsidence was caused by a collapsed sewer pipe which has now been repaired, and the road closure signage is currently being collected.
New Cheriton and Morehall surgery dates for Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater and Cheriton and Morehall PSCO Mark Ball have been set for the remainder of 2010 as Friday 25th June, Friday 30th July, Friday 27th August, Friday 24th September, Friday 29th October, and Friday 26th November.
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent, will take in the sites of Blackburn next Thursday, June 3, as part of an official visit to the town.
Alma Road, Folkestone will be closed on Thursday 3 June 2010 and Waterloo Road, Folkestone will be closed on Friday 4 June 2010 to enable Kent Highway Services to carry out high friction surfacing works for an estimated day each.
The Coalition Government today announced that ID cards are to be scrapped for British citizens within 100 days.
The County Council's Conservative administration has recently decided to allow members of the public to submit petitions at meetings of the whole Council, not just at committee meetings. This is something that the Liberal Democrat group at County Hall have requested many times in order to open up the Council, but which until now has always been refused by the Conservative administration, even as recently as March this year.