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Progress to Date

Residential and Commercial

Development agreement for 6.65acre mixed use Elwick Place site agreed with Stanhope Plc
Stour Centre remodelling. Opened September 2007.
County Square retail extension. Opened spring 2008.
Planning permission granted for 3,000 dwellings on three large sites (Park Farm south and east, Cheesemans Green and the former Templer Barracks sites).
Completion of the first 50,000ft of proposed 1.25 million ft space at Eureka Park.

Mid Kent Water investing £24.4 million into improving water supply, including a new water main between Bewl Water and Ashford.
Southern Water investing more than £40 million into infrastructure necessary to accommodate the growing town.
The Singleton Environment Centre community facility opened in May 2008.

Junction 10, M20. Work on a £7 million scheme to tackle congestion and improve capacity was completed in September 2007.
Transformation of the former ring road around the town centre into a series of two-way streets, including the pioneering shared space scheme. Completed in October 2008.
A new road, Victoria Way, linking the town centre and International Station with south Ashford. Completed summer 2011.
Imrpovements to the capacity of Junction 9 of the M20 and nearby Drovers Roundabout, including building a new foot/cycle bridge over the M20 motorway. Completed spring 2011.
Works to improve access to the south of the town centre via Newtown Road Bridge. Completed December 2008.
New traffic signal controlled junction at Romney Marsh Road/Victoria Road junction. Completed October 2008.

A new Primary Care Health Centre opened in 2006 in south Ashford, and a medical centre for Eureka Business Park in 2010.
Opening of John Wesley Primary School in Singleton in September 2007.
Plans to create a further 15 primary schools, three secondary schools and a new higher education campus over the next 20 years.