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Looking Forward To An Exciting Year Ahead - London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay And Evening Celebration



Dover District is looking forward to an exciting year - with the Olympic Torch Relay coming to Dover for a major Evening Celebration on Dover Seafront on Wednesday 18 July, as well as the Relay going to Deal, Sholden and Sandwich on Thursday 19 July.

Communities are invited to get involved, and representatives from Dover District Council and Dover Town Council met today to look forward to the London 2012 Olympic Torch coming to Dover, to confirm the location of the Evening Celebration, and to continue to invite communities to join in with the welcome.

The Olympic Torch Relay Evening Celebration will offer people from across the area the opportunity to mark the Olympic Flame’s...

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Spirit of France to arrive in Dover 28th January 2012

On Tuesday 24 January P&O Ferries will take delivery of its second new €180 million ship, Spirit of France, during a handover ceremony at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.

Captain Steve Johnson, senior master will then take command of the Spirit of France on its 1400 mile voyage to Dover.

At more than 47,000 gross tons and 213 metres in length, Spirit of France, and sister ship Spirit of Britain, which began service last year, are the largest ferries ever built for the Dover Strait. Their combined cost of €360 million is the largest investment ever made by P&O Ferries.

P&O Ferries operates 22 ships on routes to Northern Ireland, Ireland, Holland, Belgium and France, carrying more than nine million passengers, more than one and a half million cars and two million trucks a year.

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Council Welcomes Latest News On The Expansion Of The Port Of Dover

Dover District Council is welcoming major news that the Government has this week given the go ahead for Dover’s second ferry terminal. The Port of Dover has said that approving the £400m scheme will, when market conditions require its construction, effectively double the capacity of Dover’s ferry port.

The approval of the Harbour Revision Order follows extensive work between Dover Harbour Board and Dover District Council, which led to the completion of legal agreements earlier this year. These will require Dover Harbour Board, or any other future operator, to bring forward early infrastructure, access arrangements, including new junctions on the A20, and associated matters, in advance of the construction of a second terminal at Dover.

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Dover Fountain to Close During 2012

The fountain in Dover’s Market Square is to be switched off and covered for the whole of next year.
The decision is expected to cause an outcry from people who were already dismayed at how long it was out of action this year.

A district council spokesman said the closure was due to the number of “exciting events” in the run-up to the Olympics.

“We are looking to switch off the fountain and cover it for the whole of 2012. It has previously been closed from November to April, but next year it will need to remain closed beyond April.
“We are working with Dover Arts Development and Kent County Council to consult on a design to make this an attractive feature to enhance the Market Square, and we look forward to hearing public feedback.”

The existing cover needs to be replaced, so a competition has been held for post-graduate students to...