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Furious residents are calling on council bosses to scrap controversial roadworks that are set to shut four town centre streets over the next five months. More than 800 people have signed a petition describing plans for a bus contraflow system in Pencester Road, Dover, as “madness”. Kent County Council (KCC) wants to send buses on the town’s new Fastrack line along the designated route in the town centre. The authority announced on Friday how the £34m scheme will begin operating on Sunday, November 17 with diesel buses until a fleet of five electric vehicles is ready. But frustrated residents s…