Last week Kent County Council launched its latest ‘pothole blitz’ - the find and fix campaign launched each spring, and which I have often posted about. The new programme has some £10 million committed to it. As the KCC media release makes clear, it goes alongside other programmes such as major resurfacing works.
A longer term asset management plan is being prepared which will set the course for the coming years and will set out ways in which the highways programme (including not just roads but elements such as structures and drainage) can be put on the most sustainable footing. This remains one of my big preoccupations as Leader of the Council: to find the best way to support and develop a historically underfunded area (not just in Kent but across the country) which is nonetheless the most visible and universal service which the County Council provides.
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