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Infrastructure

Improvements on the A249 and the creation of the new Rushenden link road are designed to reduce industrial traffic in residential areas and make the existing industrial areas more attractive by providing direct access to the trunk road network. Their provision is key to opening up the scheme.

Following £12 million funding from CLG and SEEDA and strategic site acquisitions it is hoped that works by KCC on the first phase of the relief road will be starting in summer 2008, bringing about a major milestone for the Queenborough & Rushenden project. 

The re-deposit Local Plan proposes a guideline figure of 1,200 new dwellings to be located primarily at the former Klondyke/Twyfords factory site. The current Masterplan proposes up to 2,000. These areas will provide for a full range of house type, size and tenure (including affordable housing), and including occupation by disabled and special needs groups. This site may offer the opportunity to provide, in addition, a mix of live-work units and housing with mooring facilities around the creekside. Housing schemes will be expected to demonstrate a high standard of energy efficiency and generally embrace sustainable design and build techniques. Opportunities will be thoroughly investigated as to how and to what extent options will be available to invest in the existing housing stock and its immediate environs.