Kent County Council (KCC) has announced a programme of essential maintenance with the aim of minimising disruption for residents and motorists. Crews will be carrying out works on the A299 New Thanet Way and Chestfield Tunnel between late April and June to upgrade lighting in the tunnel to LED and complete a deep reconstruction of…
Kent County Council (KCC) is due to begin roadworks aimed at preserving the life of Ashford Shared Space and Lower High Street. Once achieved the area will be better preserved for the longer term, making it more resistant to damage in the future and better accessible. Works totalling up to £600,000 will begin Tuesday 1st…
Preliminary work ahead of a new signalised junction at the A251/A2 junction in Faversham will begin on Tuesday (April 6). It comes as part of plans by Kent County Council to ease congestion and queuing on the A251 Ashford Road and improve turning onto the A2 Canterbury Road. Before work can start on the scheme,…
Kent Highways crews are continuing to find and fix potholes and resurface the county’s roads during the covid-19 lockdown. Since most of the county became housebound, KCC has patched 89,212m2 of roads and filled 5,669 potholes. In the month before lockdown, 47,073m2 of road was patched and 6,453 potholes were filled. Pre-planned work has been…
Kent County Council has praised the work of the firm Gallagher which has completed work ahead of schedule at the School of Science and Technology Maidstone. The works, arranged closely with Kent Highways, were essential on the New Cut Road site in order for the new school to open this September. KCC Cabinet Member for…
Whilst many people can work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, Kent’s key workers, including KCC highways staff, continue essential work on the county’s roads. From pothole repairs to resurfacing works, Kent Highways’ workers have been deemed key workers by the government, providing a safety-critical role to keeping Kent’s roads safe. KCC Cabinet Member for…
Essential maintenance work on Sandwich Toll Bridge has been postponed. The works to repair the swing bridge were due to begin on February 17 and last seven weeks. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond Kent County Council’s control, the emergency works by Southern Water have now been extended. It had always been intended that the closure…
Essential maintenance work on Sandwich Toll Bridge will begin next month (February). The works to repair the swing bridge will last seven weeks and are expected to begin on February 17. The works and the closure of the bridge will not happen until the A256 is reopened. The work by Southern Water is continuing on…
Kent County Council will be installing a new zebra crossing and widening the cycle lanes on Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge. The crossing will replace the existing refuge island just south of the junction with Bishops Oak Ride. The works will see widening of the existing cycle lanes from Willow Lea down to White Cottage Road and…
There are two types of roadworks that can happen on Kent’s roads – planned and emergency. Emergency works will usually see utility companies or KCC Highways itself start work immediately and retroactively notify KCC. This could be, for instance, a burst water main, a gas leak or a void in the ground. Planned works are…
A half a million-pound scheme to improve the pavements and roads around Tonbridge Station will start later this month. The project, funded by the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, starts on July 25 and will see: • widening the footpath leading to the station entrance to create more space for pedestrians • new signalled crossings…
Preparation work for the widening of the A28 Chart Road in Ashford will begin next week (February 12). Kent County Council will then begin work on the £26 million project to widen Chart Road between the Tank and Matalan roundabouts in March and there will be further information provided about this stage of the works…