is going on over the state of the roads in Kent,
Tunbridge Wells Joint Transportation Board had a meeting to discuss the number of potholes appearing in roads in the county, John Burr, the highways and transportation boss of Kent Highway Services, said that as many of the UK's road were 'built by the Romans' they were 'more likely to move' - hence causing potholes, but back to the A26 one of many roads in Kent which is in question, Councillor Bullman confirmed that John Burr, the highways and transportation boss of Kent Highway Services, had referred to 'Roman roads' being an issue - something which Kent County Council today denied, I guess someone pointed out that the A26 was not a Roman road, the A26 is a 50-mile stretch of road which begins in Maidstone and goes through Tunbridge Wells on its way to Newhaven in East Sussex,
so the blame for the poor road which is having to be resurfaced after just two years use was shifted to the French, again from John Burr, who said the council bought tonnes of stone mastic asphalt from France after it was deemed a 'success' across the Channel, 'the product is very good and very strong, but because it is so strong, if there is any flex in the road, then it comes out', He then told the meeting that the council was reducing its use of French asphalt and replacing it with hot rolled asphalt, which is less likely to crack on 'flexible roads',
astonished councillors couldn't believe what they were hearing - saying the council had wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds on asphalt, not to mention the labour costs of laying it, which was 'no good', local David Townsend, 41, said: 'it's typical of the council to blame someone else - it sounds like they are passing the buck on this one, 'why didn't they test out the French asphalt on one stretch of road rather than rolling it out all over Kent?'
well did you really think the council was going to blame themselves? your local council working you.
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