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A school’s bid for a BMX and mountain bike track just yards from a row of homes has left residents fearing: “It will be like living next to a motorway!” Folkestone Academy has submitted plans to build the facility on a section of its campus close to the back gardens of the houses in Grasmere Gardens. The £150,000 project includes a 480-metre trail split into two loops and a free-flowing area with jumps and obstacles. But the move has not gone down well with neighbours, who claim their lives will be blighted by noisy bikers. Kevin Black, who has lived in Grasmere Gardens for 20 years, said: “I …