With the huge volume of traffic increasing every year, including heavy goods vehicles, which  weigh many tons, all cause severe damage to the surface of  roads, mainly due to the vehicles breaking the roads tarmac edging away, leaving huge patches and  pot-holes – some centimetres deep -  which are a serious threat to all road users.

Local residents have explained the very dangerous situations that they have faced when riding either their bikes or motorcycles along some of these roads in and around the town.

Some have had to take immediate evasive action when a deep pot-hole or the kerbside edging has suddenly come into view, they try to negotiate their way around it by swerving to avoid being thrown off, this in itself is dangerous enough, but cars following close behind them have also had to take drastic action, to avoid a possible fatal accident by hitting the unsuspecting rider in front.

They expressed their views by saying said that “they can't wait until these roads have been repaired, then they can then ride safely, without the fear of deep pot-holes throwing them off and causing serious injury”. For them it was good news that was welcomed...”At long last”

Work will soon begin to resurface and improve some of the roads which are in need of urgent repair first: Four main roads in Sevenoaks, two are in Riverhead, and the other four roads are in Brasted, Otford, Kemsing and Westerham.

These projects will cause traffic delays and disruption in the areas concerned, but diversion signs will be in place to avoid them,

The budget for these roads improvements by the Kent County Council will eventually run into hundreds of thousands of pounds, but some say this is not enough money to cover all the roads that are in need of repair!

For those who use the roads in and around Sevenoaks and the outlying towns will all agree, that it will certainly be less dangerous once the road repairs have been completed.