Riverside works

Following a visit to Eynsford some months ago with Kent Highways and the Parish Council, there was an investigation of measures to change priorities at Riverside. Highways officers concluded that a change of priorities had significant drawbacks, but that an alternative plan - to remove kerbing and replace it with reinstated yellow lines - could achieve many of the same aims.

Local residents were concerned I responded to residents’ concerns that this would result in a return to inconsiderate parking in the area by raising the matter with SDC’s parking enforcement officers and getting assurances that this would be enforced effectively. However, as of Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the works were suspended. The kerbing is set to be reinstated because of some BT Openreach fibre optic equipment which was previously shown as being under the road rather than the buildout (but which had been moved by BT Openreach, and against which the Council has no redress). Moving such equipment would be very expensive. Clearly all options will now need to be revisited, and I will be in contact with both Kent Highways and the Parish Council on this.