Some residents of Park Lane Kemsing recently received notification of emergency works by South East Water starting this coming Monday (24 January) requiring a road closure and which could last until 27 January. The notification indicated that residents would not be able to access their properties while the works were taking place.
Under an emergency closure (unlike a planned closure), utility providers do not have to secure a permit from KCC as the highways authority. The utility is required to notify KCC, though only within two hours of starting work.
However, when a Parish Councillor raised the closure with me, I took it up with our Streetworks team, who contacted South East Water. There is some uncertainty over whether the works will go ahead on Monday or not, apparently because of difficulties securing digger drivers. If the works do go ahead, there will be a road closure but access for residents will be maintained, and KCC will send an inspector to ensure that this happens.
It seems that we will not know for certain until Monday morning itself whether or not the works are going ahead; I will post again if and when I know more.
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