kent roads

[Nicky S]

Any one else noticed how roads through tunny wells and tonbrige are **** and falling apart ???

[Viney]

Yes. They have been for ages. Its the council you know!

[Iansv II]

Same in essex, the councils are cutting corners everywhere, never known so many potholes

[tonyt]

Any one else noticed how roads through tunny wells and tonbrige are **** and falling apart ???
Yep..... flipping dangerous riding round these parts...

[Nicky S]

i wish they would just relay the roads :(

[tonyt]

If you want to check if anything is about to fall of your bike have a run along Forest Rd .. must surely be the worst road in Tunbridge Wells and has been for bloody years...!!!

[Nicky S]

If you want to check if anything is about to fall of your bike have a run along Forest Rd .. must surely be the worst road in Tunbridge Wells and has been for bloody years...!!!
i know lol theres a well nice bit of road near hadlow thought :P

[tonyt]

i know lol theres a well nice bit of road near hadlow thought :P
Yep if you mean the bit going towards Tonbridge... best bit of tarmac in the county, shame there's only a few hundred metres of it..!!!

Mind you if you head the other way out of Hadlow towards the Maidstone/West Malling roundabout the road has some nice fast sweepers and reasonable surface,,, just watchout for mud and crap left by the dozy sods on tractors...

[Grinch]

Try this - Report-a-road (http://www.bmf.co.uk/pages/report_a_road_home.php)

[SV-net]

I had a pothole that was right at the junction near my office and I noticed the road team making some yellow markings of where to get fixed. So I took the liberty of getting some spray and boxing the pothole in the junction. they fixed it the following day, hooray. Lets all go and yellow mark all the problems, but not be silly. It must be in keeping with the way they mark the roads out for repair.

It works I tell you, it really works.

[Nicky S]

Yep if you mean the bit going towards Tonbridge... best bit of tarmac in the county, shame there's only a few hundred meters of it..!!!

Mind you if you head the other way out of Hadlow towards the Maidstone/West Malling roundabout the road has some nice fast sweepers and reasonable surface,,, just watchout for mud and crap left by the dozy sods on tractors...

yep know bout the mud lol that bit of road in hadlow thought is really quite as well it really wird :)

[BillyC]

I don't know how long you've lived around there, or have been driving, but the roads in the area have been in a poor state for many many years. They are resurfaced as an absolute last resort, and at minimal cost.

Some examples... Forest Road: Resurfaced 3 times in as many years... still falling apart not 10 years later.

Upper Grosvenor Road, near High Brooms... suffered about a 18 months of road works causing endless delays. Was then resurfaced with a beautiful bit of tarmac - best for miles. It was being dug up again for more facilities works not 6 months later.

A264 between Langton and East Grinstead - one of the nicest runs in the area... pitty about the dangerous road surface, particularly the "high grip" surfaces around the bends either side of Ashurst. Just bloody dangerous.

[chutz]

you're right there Bill. I love the 264 as you know but it is less than ideal, especially when wet. I can only think of short stretches of road that have a good surface, and then they're usually covered in mud!!!

[Nicky S]

i dnt lik that ever :( glad there people who libv in t wells on this :)