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John and Scooter

Councillor on Medway Council: Road Repairs and Other Work

Below are current road works known to me, followed by a table showing the roads/footpaths that have been resurfaced or otherwise repaired under the ongoing programme of repair work. The more detailed "current works" section covers works that are going on at the moment (to avoid making it overlong) but this does mean that occasionally something has just happened and has already been completed by the time it is notified to me. If you encounter something going on that isn't up here, do please let me know where and what it is (and, if possible, by when it is expected to finish) and I'll put it on this page for everyone's benefit.

If there is ongoing work that requires traffic control measures, this will be indicated by a traffic cone symbol, thus:

This page contains the following:

• Road works
• Repairs and Resurfacing
• Gritting

A gantry is to be erected by the Asda store (A229, southbound) on either 25, 26 or 28 February, and this will close the road for just a few minutes—should be no more than ten minutes. There will be traffic cones, signs and a police presence for this operation.

At last the work on the roadworks/signalling scheme is now complete. I have now managed to get the incorrectly-positioned stop lines in Maidstone Road when coming from City Way re-painted in the right place.

I am also attempting to ensure that the flower beds will be replaced: they have been quietly removed without our consent or any consultation, so we are having that corrected as a joint effort between Horsted and Warren Wood Councillors (as this location falls right on the boundary between the two wards). Expect to see this and related improvements soon.

This long-running work by CSM for the Highways Agency is currently expected to take almost another year: end date is scheduled as 30^th November 2002, representing "medium expected delays". Cones and barriers will continue to be used for traffic management.

In the meantime, the Taddington Junction is about to be partially-opened, with coast-bound traffic being diverted over the recently-completed Taddington Bridge. London-bound traffic will in future be routed off the Taddington roundabout before the exit for the coast.

There has been some confusion about the loss of the right turn into and out of Asda: this is a permanent change.

As you will no doubt have noticed, we have at last been able to tackle the long-term problem of the state of our roads and, to a lesser extent, footpaths. This programme of work commenced almost immediately the Conservative administration's first budget was put in place, in April 2001.

Below is a table showing the work already completed within Horsted ward and when other roads/paths become scheduled to be done. This will be updated regularly, as other roads are identified for work.

Road name and location		Type of treatment	Estimated date of work
A230 Horsted Way junction with City Way		Plane/Resurface	Completed
Binland Grove, Davis Estate		Retread	Completed
Concord Avenue, Davis Estate		Retread	Completed
Pattens Lane, Rochester		Plane/Resurface	Completed
Pattens Gardens, Rochester		Retread	Completed
Barberry Avenue, Davis Estate		Micro Surfacing	Completed
Wilson Avenue: No 150 to City Way		Plane/Resurface	Part-completed: section left owing to footway scheme

During the cold spell that began on the very next day (Saturday 22^nd December) there have been 14 primary runs and five secondary runs. This means that primary roads were gritted on average twice daily during this time.

The gritters are on standby round the clock so they can hit the roads when the temperature starts to drop. Should snow fall later this winter the gritters can be fitted with snowploughs to tackle the most severe weather conditions, although that still doesn't mean they would be able to cope with the Davis Estate which usually ends up effectively cut off to most traffic at such times.

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