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  Paul - those railings are the responsibility of the Highways Agency and not Kent Highway Services - they are staying whatever.
  
  Where's that Howard as to my knowledge there have been no changes?
  
  
  Anyway back to the thread.
  
  I have advised on the railings on the other thread as there were some allegations as to the way I have been working on it being made by one of my opposition friends possibly due to the fact that I act first and tell later.
  
  Apart from having Kent Highway Services and their consultants, Jacobs, to town and walked around looking constructively at all 19 railing sites where they have suggested 'changes' I was also seen walking through the town with another officer from Kent Highways looking at the cobbles.
  
  You will remember the question I asked on this very forum about the cobbles and the conclusion seemed to be that they were extremely pleasant on the eye but gave problems to people with wlaking difficulties, in wheelchairs or pushing buggies. We looked at all sites and apparently there is a new product that could possibly be used that would keep the appearance and make the cobbles easier to walk on - they are getting back to me.
  
  Another little walk I had during this week was with the Contract Director from Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald who are the consultants to the Highways Agency and others regarding the A20, the A2 and indeed the A20 underpass.
  
  The lighting in the underpass has been 'playing games' for some months and we are at last getting somewhere following a number of visits from electricians over the past few weeks - they will be back very soon and then hopefully the lighting will be working OK but there is, as has there has always been, a number that will not working during the daytime.
  
  More seriously the underpass has been flooded during period of heavy rain recently - they have now got the pump working again - pump needed as underpass is below the river level - but it is possibly not working well enough. Following our site visit, the gullies will be cleared better to see if this will help and more work will be done if required.
  
  We also walked along parts of the A20 through Dover looking at the signs, road markings, posts (including that Paul mentions above), manhole covers and the general condition of the road surface - they have taken all these points away - some for action and some for investigation for action.

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