Dates for Highways projects in Crockenhill

I have written before that the major safety project, paid for from my Member Highway Fund, at the junction of Main Road, Cray Road and Broadway in Crockenhill would go ahead in April. I now have some dates for different parts of the works.

The post for the Vehicle Activated Sign (on the Cray Road approach to the junction) should be installed in the next day or so. The sign itself will follow on 24 April. Installation of the high friction surfacing and granite setts should begin next week (on 8 April) and be complete by the following Monday, the 15th.

On a separate issue, the resurfacing of Stones Cross Road will go ahead as previously indicated on Wednesday and Thursday of next week (10 and 11 April). There has been some concern from local residents that flooding on parts of the road (pictured) would prevent the works or damage the new surface. I was out on site yesterday with a Kent Highways drainage specialist. Although the site of the flooding can easily be identified and records of where the various drains run off have been checked, a full investigation of the causes and best ways to resolved the flooding will take a little longer. In the meantime, however, a tanker will be on site tomorrow to clear away the water, enabling next week's works to go ahead while the search for a longer-term solution continues.