Folkestone and Hythe Express columnist David Taylor has outlined 10 ways he things Folkestone town centre can be improved. Do you agree? What would you add to the list? Leave a comment below.

Ten good ideas to revive the flagging centre of Folkestone – a tall order but that’s what each of us has been asked to conjure up for this month’s meeting of Town Team.

It’s the clever notion of Anthony Pound, chairman of the talking-shop he’s trying to morph into a think-tank. Less moaning, more vision, if you like.

Town Team roots for regeneration. Members include shop and business people, residents and councillors, managers and media folk, plus MP Damian Collins, key in getting things moving.

Ten good ideas? My list:

1 Guildhall Street. Forget it for retail. Folkestone has too many shops. Rebrand it tastefully with smart flats and town houses. Encourage remaining businesses to relocate to empty units in Sandgate Road.

2 Tontine Street. Ban all traffic except buses, cycles and service vehicles. No longer an unpleasant rat-run, street life will blossom with coffee shops, eateries, galleries and enterprises that complement the admirable Quarterhouse.

3 Tram Road. Scrap the railway, it’s a lost cause. With the track freed up, build a dual-carriageway to provide a bold tree-lined boulevard to the harbour and the projected seafront development.

4 If Debenhams ever throws in the towel, acquire the building as a permanent indoor market that spills into the street.

5 Abolish all parking fees. Market Folkestone as “Friendly seaside shopping where parking is free.”

6 Back Cycle Shepway’s campaign for the Cinque Ports Cycleway from Folkestone to Dungeness and watch the tourists pour in.

7 Sell Folkestone to Londoners as the place to live – a 50-minute commute to St Pancras, rock-bottom prices and bags of empty properties.

8 Signpost the town. Currently, arriving by train, there isn’t a clue in which direction is the town centre, much less the harbour or the Leas.

9 Clean up. Pressurise the local authority to get to grips with graffiti, litter, fly-tipping and the bin-ridden disgrace of Dover Road. If Veolia isn’t up to it, sack them.

10 Open a top-class Italian ice-cream parlour in Old High Street.

Fantasy, bunk or just what the doctor ordered? As members submit their lists, some super-dooper ideas may surface.