Launch of ‘quality street’ will keep Ashford residents sweet

20 September 2007

Work began this week on Ashford’s shared space scheme, as part of a project to transform the town’s ring road into a two-way ‘quality street’.

On Bank Street, unnecessary street furniture and road markings will be removed, the speed limit decreased, and a new square created, to further improve accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists.

The scheme was prompted by concerns that the four-lane ring road would grow increasingly congested – with pedestrians and cyclists further marginalised – as a result of massive housing growth set for the next 25 years.

Kent County Council member for highways, Keith Ferrin, said: ‘The changes to the street scene will make Ashford much more attractive and help the town live up to the title of Best Placed In Britain.’

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