New Road Creation

Published: 15 March 2021

A contractor has been appointed to build the new road which will pave the way forthe creation of much-needed employment for the Romney Marsh area.

The road will be the gateway opening up five hectares of land owned by Folkestone& Hythe District Council off the Mountfield Road Industrial Estate in New Romney.With associated infrastructure and utilities, the road will be built by Breheny CivilEngineering and the cost met from a £3.53 million shareof the government’s GettingBuilding funding. Design has just begun and the construction of the road will begin inthe summer.The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) announced last year that theproject had been chosen to receive the Getting Building funding. Supported by KentCounty Council and the Kent and Medway Economic Partnership, it was one of six inKent chosen for being shovel-ready and able to help the local economy to recover.A condition of the funding is that the work has tobe completed by March 2022 andthat more than 480 jobs are created for the local area over a ten-year period. Alreadyinterest has been shown in the land by existing businesses. It is also hoped thatspace will be developed to provide studio accommodationfor creative businesses aspart of a later phase.