Folkestone - A Brighter Future
We want to improve cycling and walking networks in Folkestone, and improve its main retail areas.
The work will begin in spring 2025 and finish in summer 2026.
We have secured £16 million of funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's Levelling Up Fund to carry out the works.
What will change
The project will see improvements made to roads, drainage networks, streetlights, and green areas.
Visit Folkestone and Hythe District Council's website to learn more about the project.
Roads included in this project:
- Station Approach
- Cheriton Road and Cheriton Gardens
- Middelburg Square
- Shellons Street
- Foresters Way
- Sandgate Road
- Guildhall Street
- Bouverie Square.
Project timetable
- contractors and suppliers invited to apply for tender - summer 2024
- tender assessment and contract award - early 2025
- construction start - April 2025
- estimated end of construction - summer 2026.
Newsletter
Project documents
Permission for the project was granted at the Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee, 19 January 2023.
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