The Amenity & Environment Committee was founded by Walmer Town Council as a separate entity to oversee the management and maintenance of lands and facilities not already covered by the other committees. Anything that is accepted by the A&E committee is then referred to the Finance and General Purposes Committee or Full Council if required.
The Committee holds overall responsibility for the following:
Highways Improvement Plan
Walmer Town Council works with Kent County Council identifying projects for the roads within Walmer to help improve or promote safety. At each Amenities and Environment Committee meeting new ideas will be put to members to see if they wish to move forward with these.
Kent County Council retain overall responsibility for the road network and any ideas identified from Walmer Town Councils’ Highways Improvement Plan have to be agreed by Kent County Council.
Current Highways Improvement Plan
Improvements made to the Road network from Walmer Town Councils’ Highways improvement plan:
- Ardent Avenue – Double yellow lines for emergency access point from North Barracks.
- Lines refreshed outside Cedars Surgery and on Canada Road.
- Pedestrian in road signage on Liverpool Road.
- Drainage ditches on Kingsdown Road.
- Potholes on pathway along The Strand filled.
- Widened junction on Station Road/ Dover Road
Coming soon
- Double yellow lines around Knoll Place on Granville Road.
- Dropped Kerbs on Dover Road to improve accessibility.
- Dropped Kerbs on The Beach/Kingsdown Road to improve accessibility.