During this same period as the Community Parklands consultation, we are also sharing the outline designs for the Roads Phase 2 and Phase 4 schemes for you to see. This includes:
Phase 2: The final alignment option we will be pursuing for Phase 2 following previous feedback. This phase is around Upchat Roundabout to A228 Main Road.
Take a look at the plan
Phase 4: The decision for Stoke Road Roundabout following previous feedback and traffic modelling outcomes.
Take a look at the plan
You can take a look at the designs now via our Roads update webpage
Come out and meet our Future Hoo Project Team as part of our latest engagement activity, where you can see the proposals for our Community Parklands consultation and see the outline designs for our Roads phase 2 and 4 schemes. The team will be happy to answer any queries you have on these proposals.
The event details are as follows: you don’t need to book (just pop down on a day and time that’s convenient for you)
Thursday, 16 June:
- Hoo Parish Church: 1pm – 4pm
- Hundred of Hoo School: 6pm – 9pm
Friday, 17 June – Friday, 24 June:
- Hoo Library: (from 10am) - Friday, 24 June (until 5pm): The exhibition boards will be on display at this location (our project team won’t be present, but printed questionnaires will be on-hand for residents to complete)
Tuesday, 5 July:
Hoo Parish Church: 2pm – 7pm
Wednesday, 13 July:
Chattenden Community Centre: 4pm – 7pm
Earlier this winter we gave residents and stakeholders the opportunity to review our 2nd round of designs for the Future Hoo programme (covering infrastructure improvements across roads, rail and the local environment). We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute and have their say on the various designs we asked for feedback on.
We’ve gone through all of the comments, and we’re pleased to share the key themes which came out from the 2nd consultation. Here’s a few of the outtakes:
- Very supportive of the proposals to provide more green safe spaces to the public.
- Very supportive about the removal of the Wainscott Flyover following our first consultation.
- There was some positive feedback provided about the plans and design for rail.
- You would like more information on train timetables/services/impacts on freight operations (when available).
- You would like more information on our proposals and the protection of key designated sites. We’re now consulting further on two community parkland proposals at Hoo Wetland Reserve and Lodge Hill Countryside Site
You can read more of the key feedback across our Road, Rail and Community Parklands proposals via our webpage
The full report will be published in July
A North Kent partnership project has received initial support* from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for The Whose Hoo project. Made possible by National Lottery players, the project aims to help residents discover and celebrate the heritage and habitats of the Hoo Peninsula.
Development funding of £260,000 has been awarded to help create an initial integrated programme of heritage schemes and events with a view to progress plans to apply for a full National Lottery grant at a later date.
Whose Hoo brings together a wide range of community, wildlife and environmental groups, to work in partnership with Medway Council, Gravesham Borough Council, Kent County Council and parish councils.
One aspect of the Whose Hoo project is designed to replace part of the lost treescape of the peninsula, especially those lost to diseases such as Ash Dieback, planting 500 new disease-resistant elm trees on public and private land.
The habitat theme has already identified a series of partnership projects that could help improve the many unique sites on the Hoo Peninsula, including treatments to increase invertebrates at Northward Hill and efforts to ensure Shorne Marshes realises its full ecological potential. The team will be partnering with the RSPB to protect lapwing populations and other wading birds.
We'll be sharing more details of the project in our summer editions of the Future Hoo e-bulletin. Watch this space
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Last month, the Future Hoo Project Team went on a nightingale walk at Lodge Hill. With the nightingale season in full swing, it was a perfect opportunity to learn even more about this really important species of bird (which migrates to Hoo from Africa!). They have the most diverse range of sounds and tunes of any bird, and thanks to our Community Parklands proposals, our work over the next few years will help to expand the nightingale habitat.
It's one of our key objectives for the Lodge Hill Countryside Site.
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