Latest update from KCC
To: Parishes, District & County Councillors
Please find below an update from the Traffic Management Centre for your information.
If appropriate please forward to Resident Associations in your area if you wish .
Traffic Management Centre Morning Report
Wednesday 1st December 2010 08:00
Traffic Signals All Out
Reported Incidents:
General Comment
Heavy snow fall making driving difficult although main routes genrally open, care must be taken on side roads.
Situation regarding specific road closures being monitored and furthur alerts will be issued as information becomes available.
M20 coastbound closed between junctions 8& 13.
M25 clockwise between Junctions 5 & 6 one lane closed due to broken down vehicle causing delays.
A249 The New Sheppy Bridge has been closed due to weather and should be reopened at 09:00. Traffic can use the old Kingsferry Bridge.
A249 southbound closed between junctions A250 and the A2 due to an incident.
Roadworks
Information
Today's Weather Forecast: London & South East England (Issued by Met Office at 03:56)
There are no Arriva bus services in and around Maidstone. No Stagecoach services are running in Ashford. Limited service being attempted for the town centre.
No bus service in Tunbridge Wells
No Fastract A bus service in Dartford North Fleet
Bus services in East Kent may be affected by weather conditions please check
www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk for updates supplied by the Bus Operators.
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Today:
This morning there will be widely 10cm across the region, locally up to 15-20cm, with the heaviest of the snow likely across the North Downs. The chance of some drifting of the snow in the breeze too
To provide better and more accurate information on travelling in Kent, our live Traffic & Travel information page is being redesigned. The new site will be available from 1st December 2010 and will include travel alerts, CCTV images,
car parking space availability and bus service details. In the meantime, please use the following links for the lastest travel alerts:
Traffic England for Motorways and Trunk Road at
www.trafficengland.co.uk <http://www.trafficengland.co.uk/>
BBC Kent for more local information at
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/kent ;
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