Dover harbour plans
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17 October 2023 15:20382873'They are looking for an operator for Ramsgate’s port and hope to reinstate a cross-channel ferry service with £9.62 million earmarked for improvements.
The cash is part of the £19.8 million TDC was awarded in 2021 as part of the Government’s Levelling Up fund'.
I was afraid it was going to turn out to be my money rather than TDC ratepayers'. Still, jolly well spent though - the creativity of the Levelling Up submission must have been of a standard that Dover Beacon can only dream of.(Not my real name.) - Captain Haddock
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17 October 2023 16:02382875Button wrote:
I was afraid it was going to turn out to be my money rather than TDC ratepayers'.
But to be fair THEY 'invested' in Dover Fastrack!
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 18 October 2023 12:18382882Not sure invested is the right term. I see KCC have had to pay Go Ahead £110m over 15 years to take on the first Kent Fastrack service
https://www.route-one.net/news/go-ahead-gains-15-year-kent-fastrack-brt-contract/ - Keith Sansum1
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19 October 2023 07:47382888Yes on fast track
But meanwhile they can't sort out to have a credible domestic service
That would have been more importantALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Button
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3 October 2024 17:01385876An article including photos of the Western Docks/Inner Harbour infilling - hadn't realised it had started and, for some reason (marble loss probably), I'd overlooked the fact that the Tidal Basin was included too: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/dock-turned-into-giant-sandpit-ahead-of-new-eu-rules-313889/(Not my real name.) - 3 October 2024 18:19385877What gets me is that they got rid of the roundabout and put in traffic lights there to improve the A20 traffic flow. Now they built a drive through costa there and the new port car check in. I can the see traffic lights having a lot of red stopping the A20 traffic flow..Matey likes this
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3 October 2024 18:52385878Same is true of Limekiln Street roundabout - I'm assuming that that is the way in. The Union and York Street roundabouts were removed at DDC behest to Keep Dover Clear, as the saying went, and to stop HGV queue-jumpers doing a 180.(Not my real name.) - Captain Haddock
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8 November 2024 13:09386078'a regional tourist destination and centre for entertainment and recreation, with space for new homes' - with a couple of berths in the bit they haven't filled in?
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/it-s-going-to-cost-hundreds-and-hundreds-of-millions-of-pou-315556/"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Button
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8 November 2024 16:03386080I guess they figure that the CEC Eastern Docks leases will be renewed.(Not my real name.) - Matey
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11 November 2024 22:15386100Life without a dog is like a salad without lettuce. - 24 February 2025 12:47386737Just noticed that the old swing bridge and its turntable have been completely buried.
- 24 February 2025 15:32386739Karlos wrote:Just noticed that the old swing bridge and its turntable have been completely buried.
The bridge was cut up, and the cutting infilled, with a new wider road created across
- 25 February 2025 08:54386743Dover History Pages wrote:The bridge was cut up, and the cutting infilled, with a new wider road created across
Ok. Seems a shame some of it couldn't be preserved. - 5 July 2025 10:14387299Walking past the site of the swing bridge this morning, there's a fairly big hole.
And in that hole I noticed some old brick arches. Possibly of interest to local historians before they get re-buried/destroyed.Jan Higgins likes this - 28 July 2025 13:12387314Jan Higgins likes this
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23 November 2025 08:31387660"Waiter, waiter, my napkin just landed in the oggin":
The Port and Electric Hotel Dover Ltd have also recently submitted a new joint planning application for an additional 68 rooms to be added to the current and already approved 90-bedroom hotel on the Marina Curve. This improved plan reflects increasing demand and includes a restaurant and roof-top bar overlooking the iconic view of the White Cliffs and Dover Castle. It will meet the standards of an upper-midscale business hotel.
https://www.portofdover.com/press-releases/port-of-dover-is-moving-another-step-forward-in-its-waterfront-regeneration/victor matcham and Jan Higgins like this(Not my real name.) - Weird Granny Slater
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3 January 2026 09:51387743How on earth can 'increasing demand' be measured, since you cannot even, as yet, book a room?
I suspect that such 'demand' comes from the contractors, which really amounts to 'gib us more dosh'.
Also, this monstrosity will have to be fearfully high if it's going to 'overlook' the castle.Reginald Barrington likes this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Captain Haddock
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3 January 2026 23:53387745Weird Granny Slater wrote:How on earth can 'increasing demand' be measured, since you cannot even, as yet, book a room?
I remember when I was on t'DDC and we were about to spaff hundreds of thousands of pounds welcoming the Olympic Torch ashore, accompanied by the Rizzle Kicks (a hip-hop duo from Brighton) and drinking only Heinekin Lager (the official drink).
As well as the whole town becoming as fit as fleas etc some of the 'olympic legacies' were going to be increased footfall in our retail establishments, increased spending from the increased footfall of whom more would be staying overnight and for a longer period etc.
I asked at Scruitiny what were the present figures from which we might measure these uplifts and answer came their none ...................
I suspect any 'increasing demand' is equally nebulous ............."The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
