Whatever the weather this winter, Kent’s gritters are ready for action. Today (October 26), the county’s 60 gritters and five mini gritters warmed up their engines and took part in a dry run of gritting routes. The dry run allows drivers old and new to familiarise themselves with the routes, ensure vehicles and their systems…
The A26 Tonbridge Road in Maidstone will reopen on Sunday after a void was discovered in May. At a cost of over £1 million and over 8,000 hours of work to fill the void, the road is scheduled to reopen on Sunday morning. The void was first spotted on May 28 with a small hole…
There’s a whole lot of holes being filled on the county’s roads as Kent County Council continues its £7.5 million pothole blitz. Since March 1, KCC has filled in 50,307 potholes and carried out 194,257sqm of resurfacing where multiple potholes were found. The issue remains the number one priority for Highways and dedicated teams are…
Kent County Council has pledged an additional £12.6 million towards improving and resurfacing Kent’s roads to repair damage caused by the severe weather following a decision at full council today (Thursday). The extra money comes on top of £8 million already being spent on a county-wide pothole blitz. The condition of the 5,400 miles of…
Kent County Council is reminding drivers about their responsibilities to stop for school crossing patrols. The authority is bringing in a new incident reporting process so that it now gathers information about all incidents of ‘failed to stop’ and refers them to the police to take action. School crossing patrols have a legal right to…
Kent County Council is calling on the government to make changes to road maintenance budgets warning the current system could lead to a “rapid spiral of asset deterioration”. KCC is on course to secure its highways maintenance budget in the face of diminishing government funding by receiving a ‘band three’ in funding. The rating, from…
Work on a £9.5 million link road scheme in Gravesend has been officially opened by KCC Chairman David Brazier. The link road, running between Stone Street and Darnley Road, is two-way and has a pavement for both pedestrians and cyclists to easily reach the station. It crosses the old Rathmore Road car park which still…
Figures released today show that drug driving has led to an increase in serious injuries on Kent’s roads. The data, from Kent County Council’s Road Safety Team, shows some motorists are still putting people’s lives at risk by getting behind the wheel while under the influence of illegal substances. Over the course of 2016, 59…
Kent County Council is spending £5.2 million filling potholes before the colder months ahead. The pothole blitz started in April and in an unprecedented move, is due to run until Christmas if the weather remains good during October and November To date this year, KCC has spent £2.7 million, patching 66,800m2 and filling an equivalent…
People can find out more about the Sutton Road improvement scheme at an engagement event later this month. Kent County Council has proposed plans to ease congestion on Sutton Road by providing a widened junction and approaches along both sides of the road. The junction will be widened to provide three lanes in each direction…
A new road safety campaign has been launched as it is revealed that almost 6,000 people were killed or injured on Kent’s roads in 2015. In total, 5,801 people were injured or killed with people in cars making up the biggest proportion, followed by motorcyclists, pedestrians, cyclists, and then goods vehicles. Kent County Council Road…
Currently, at 2pm Sunday July 31, the A20 and A2 continue to flow freely with no reported delays. Current travel times for the A20 from Folkestone to Dover is 8 minutes and for the A2 from Whitfield to Dover is 5 minutes. Following the severe disruption heading towards Dover last weekend, the roads to the…