Warning notice, Reece Lane

Image: © John Baker Taken: 25 Aug 2017

The wording reads: Reece Lane - 1 day - road closed here – 31st/8/2017. The seven households living along the lane were sent a detailed letter by Kent County Council (KCC) about the closure, which was due to take place between 7 am and 7 pm, so that a new surface of micro-asphalt, in two 8mm thick layers, could be laid. We were assured that if it was not possible to carry out the work on this day, due to bad weather, we would be informed of a new date by a letter drop at our homes. Two days before the work was due to start, it rained all day (and there was a shower the following day). However some time between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm on 1 September, work started and continued until some time after 9:30 am on 3 September (personal experience). This caused some inconvenience to, at least, one householder (me) and some surprise to the workmen from KCC, when a car suddenly appeared (mine), from a direction, which they thought was being monitored, so that no vehicle could reach them. However, the road no longer has any potholes along its length and the micro-asphalt seems to provide a better grip for vehicle tyres. During the resurfacing, a diversion was in place which took drivers along Hoad Road to turn right into the Image and the Image (which is great ‘fun’ to reverse a car along, when you meet a vehicle coming from the other direction) to where Image was being monitored by a KCC workman, in a van, and a line of cones across the bottom of the hill. Here, drivers turned left to proceed up Golden Hill.

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