The locations of where anti-terror bollards will be installed in Canterbury have been revealed.
Work to put in place automated, manually-retractable and static bollards around the city centre will begin in July.
It's in response to counter-terrorism advice issued by police to Canterbury City Council on protecting pedestrians from hostile vehicle attacks.
Here is everything you need to know about where the bollards will be, when they will be installed, how they will work and who has access.
The drastic anti-terror measures being taken in Canterbury city centre
The 18 streets where anti-terror bollards will be installed in Canterbury
1. St Peter's Street: Out only automatic bollards at the entrance to the road near the Westgate Towers
2. Black Griffin Lane: Fixed bollards where it meets St Peter's Street
3. St Peter's Lane: Fixed bollards where it meets St Peter's Street
4. St Peter's Grove: Fixed bollards where it meets St Peter's Street
5. Stour Street: Fixed bollards where it meets High Street
6. Best Lane: In and out automatic bollards shortly before it meets High Street
7. The Friars: In and out automatic bollards near The Marlowe Theatre between St Peter's Street and where Best Lane meets King street
8. Sun Street: Out only automatic bollards where it meets Palace Street
9. Guildhall Street: Out only automatic bollards where it meets Palace Street
10. Horse Lane: Fixed bollards where it meets High Street
11. Hawk's Lane: In only automatic bollards where it meets St Margaret's Street
12. St Margaret's Street: Out only automatic bollards where it meets Watling Street
13. Rose Lane: In and out automatic bollards between Marlowe Avenue and St George's Street
14. Gravel Walk: Fixed bollards where it meets St George's Lane at the bus station
15. Whitefriars Passage: Fixed bollards where it meets St George's Lane at the bus station
16. St George's Street: Fixed bollards across the street near Canterbury Lane
17. Iron Bar Lane: Fixed bollards where it meets Burgate
18. Burgate: In and out automatic bollards between Canterbury Lane and Iron Bar Lane
When will the anti-terror bollards be installed?
According to Canterbury City Council, work to install the bollards begins next month (July) and should be completed by the autumn.
A council spokesman said: "The £789,000 scheme is being put in place on the advice of counter-terrorism police to stop a hostile vehicle being driven at pedestrians.
"There is no specific intelligence pinpointing Canterbury as being at risk.
"This is a precautionary measure."
People have been warned to expect congestion around entrances to the city centre at peak times especially in the early stages of the bollards’ operation.
How many bollards will there be and how will they work?
There will be a total of 105 automated, manually-retractable and static bollards being installed.
The automated bollards will be connected directly to the council’s CCTV control room via a camera and intercom to allow security staff to strictly control vehicle access to the 'pedestrian zone'.
Access to the city will only be allowed via the intercom at one of the automated bollards sites. This will apply 24 hours a day.
The pedestrian zone operates between 10.30am and 4pm every day.
Control room staff will respond to the intercom and have the final say on who can gain access. It will only be granted to vehicles specified in the existing traffic regulation order.
At the exit points, the bollards will lower automatically.
Who has 24-hour access to the city centre?
- Residents and others with city centre access permits
- Emergency services
- Medical practitioners such as GPs or midwives
- Main vehicles involved with weddings or funerals in the city centre
- Armoured security vehicles
Who has access outside of pedestrian zone hours?
Between 4pm and 10.30am, which is outside of the pedestrian zone hours, those with access include:
- Deliveries to businesses and residents and collection of trade waste
- Blue Badge holders
- Royal Mail vehicles collecting from the post office and letterboxes
- Roadworks contractors and the utilities
- Delivery of large theatrical equipment to the Marlowe Theatre
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'It is incredibly important to protect everyone in the city'
Canterbury City Council chief executive Colin Carmichael said: “This continues to be an immensely complex and challenging project given the nature and history of the city.
“But it is incredibly important that we do all we can to protect everyone who lives, works and studies in the city, as well as the tourists who visit.
“The installation of the bollards to enhance security in the city centre will, in effect, see us enforcing the restrictions on vehicles in the pedestrian zone that have existed for the past 20 years.”
The council will be holding a drop-in session to give residents and businesses the opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns in person between 3.30pm and 7.30pm on Wednesday 12 June at the Guildhall in St Peter’s Place, Canterbury.
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