This video will provide a guide to the public consultation webpage, demonstrating how you can contribute your local knowledge to the KCWIP public consultation. If you’d like to understand more about the background to the KCWIP and the process of its development, please refer to the other video on the site. 

So the first thing that you’ll see when you log in to the site is the KCWIP Public Consultation home page and there is a brief description of what the KCWIP is and how the public consultation ties into the process. On the right here you can see a timeline which provides further details about the engagement window, and further down there you can access the background video, and several other useful documents which have more information about the KCWIP and its methodology.

So the area to which you can contribute is towards the bottom of the page, so if you scroll down here you can see these two maps, one for cycling routes and one for walking zones. 

If you click on the map to which you wish to contribute. First let’s take a look at the cycling routes. When the map opens you can see the 15 routes, each route shown in a different colour. In some locations the routes overlap, for example in Canterbury. If you zoom further in you will be able to see the areas where the routes follow the same alignment. The other main feature that you can see are these red points – these show the locations of planned improvements. If you click on the routes or improvements, then the name of the route or a description of the improvement will appear in a pop up. 

As you can see that I’ve been doing, you can zoom in or out of the map using your touchpad, also using the plus and minus in the bottom right-hand corner. You can zoom-in to a specific area of Kent using the search tool in the top right as well. 

The most important thing is leaving the comments, so to do this you go to the left--hand bar, where it says add pin on the plus, and here you can see it will open up this tab. There are two types of pin which you can drop – the top, green, pin for comments on routes, and the bottom, suggestions on the improvements. Once you’ve chosen the comment that you wish to drop, drag the pin and drop it to wherever you would like to place the comment.

So when you drop it then opens up this box here and you can add any text that you'd like to describe the point that you'd like to make and also feel free to add an image using this button here if you think that that would help to illustrate the point and you're looking to make. Please feel free to add comments anywhere and Kent on the map. Just to note, it would be super helpful if you were as accurate as possible dropping these pins around the roots, especially around urban areas, which often have many routes in close proximity. This will just help us in understanding your comments and making any necessary amendments, you could even specify the route in your comment – the more information we receive the better. If you need to edit the comment after you've completed it, you can simply click on it and it will give you that option to do so. If we hit the back button, you'll see that the process is very similar for walking zones.

Beneath each of the maps you can see a brief description of what the maps shows and some prompts that could be used for your comments, but feel free to structure your comments as you choose.

Moving onto the walking zones you can see that the Walking zones consist of a 400-metre core zone and a 2-kilometre area surrounding it. Once again, if you just click on the Walking Zone, that will clarify the name of the zone. So here this is Canterbury, the Walking zone. 

Again, there are a few prompts on the side which you can use to guide your comments. They're slightly different for walking zones compared to cycling routes, but again, you can write whatever you choose. Overall, the process is largely similar, especially in terms of actually dropping the comments. We look forward to receiving your comments for both the walking zones and the cycling routes.

The map isn’t the only way that you can contribute. If you scroll to the bottom of the page there is a questionnaire which enables you to provide your feedback in an alternative format. If you are willing to complete both the mapping exercise and the questionnaire, the more information we receive the better. We also have three in-person events across the County in November which you can find details for under the ’How to Get Involved subheading’. If you are however unable to attend our in-person events, you can also submit and questions that you have using the questions feature here. Contacts at Kent County Council will seek to answer your questions as quickly as possible. 

Okay, I think that’s about everything. Thank you very much for following this presentation, and of course once again, thank you for contributing to the KCWIP. The deadline for your comments is the 10^th January 2024. All of your comments will be analysed and will be very useful in ensuring the KCWIP best reflects local knowledge and views. Please do get in contact using the details provided if you have any questions about the process.