Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
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#1
This may have been on here before but:-
Two or three years ago the two main stretches of roads through the town in Dover were resurfaced; at I am sure a considerable cost and with a great amount of incontinence to those in Dover. Since then there have been road works after road works along the same stretches so that today you would never guess any major resurfacing work was ever done in the first place.
I understand major gas, electric and sewage work has to be updated, but did no one from Kent County Council check with the appropriate companies prior to carrying out the major resurfacing.
Yesterday digging started again past Five Ways (between Ladywell and Pencester). From the Town Hall up to London Road has been dug up that many times I do not think it gets time to settle. So now the roads through the town look a total mess once again and on some parts were it is coned off it would be nice to see some work being carried out.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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#2
harry
you so right the dstrict council also has a role to play
it is time as they unable to contro;l or work together that the utility companies needs to be more regulated made to give p;rogrammes of work to other utiliy companies to stop this happening all year round
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#3
I think you meant inconvenience, rather that incontinent Harry, but we got your drift.
KCC, who own the Highways, have set up a new system for controlling road-works; I believe it is called "Permission", where each company has to ask and get prmission from Kent Highways - it will be much better co-ordinated.
Maybe these road-works were already scheduled when it started.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#4
roger all this has been in place for some time, but has been allowed to go on
hopefully this move will at long last rectify the situation
i wont hold my breath
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#5
Thanks Harry for the reminder/I must send an email to KHS .Im sick to death of road works .Buses have a job to keep on time and irrate motorists .cut them up .Pleased to see Sandwich and Deal are now served by the High speed train however was it necessary for officers and councillors to travel to London there and back .
Time spent here in Dover to sort out the road work mess would have been more useful/Still many dont even have to rely on a bus .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#6
sue
your correct as a daily bus user that they are effected by the unreulated road works,
but so are the everyday motorist
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#7
due to be completed on the 30/9/11.
that may be subject to change.
Guest 719- Registered: 11 Jul 2011
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#8
but why start the road work,s when the kid,s go back to school K C C had lot,s of time do this when the kid,s were of in the summer hol,s
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Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
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#9
Roger: thats me with the spell check not checking what I clicked on whoops
One of the main points I was trying to make, was the total waste of money resurfacing the complete one way system through the town just a few years ago, it did smarten thing up and now it is a total mess again.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#10
harry
yep coordination between all the utility companies is a must
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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#11
#5, maybe they got off in Dover, Folkestone or Ashford.
Keith, I will believe coordination when it happens, if ever.
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Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
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#12
Yep: just a few hours ago I went down town to be met with yet more road works starting today by the post office at Buckland Bridge.
I think we need a sign put up some where saying "Town Closed for Road works give us a miss". Still lets be positive, if they all go on at the same time then maybe they will all finish at the same time.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#13
was a large deputation of k.c.c people in high visibilty coats marching purposefully through market square about an hour ago, headed by our very own councillor nigel collor, maybe it was something to do with the roadworks?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#14
about time somethin happend
been a mess for to many years
jan;
your right unless its coordinated it wont work
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#15
southern water have digging up the road oppisit brookfield place this morning,duration 8 weeks?.two lanes of traffic down to one.
#16
has any one notice that none of these works are being carried out buy the companies themselves its all Cowboy contractors and when they put the surface back its worst than when they dig it up.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#17
the scene at 11 a.m. clearly no problems, the london road seemed to be running o.k.
no doubt a different story during the school run .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#18
looks like the roadworks at this junction have finished ahead of time.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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#19
The traffic going past the shop was horrendous this morning chock-a-block all the morning.
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#20
Agree with that Jan. This was the scene at five past nine AFTER the school run. Main culprit being single lane just before the Tower Hamlets traffic lights.
What I couldn't believe was the number of motorists sounding their horns, as if that would help.
Terry
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