All of the Kent roads that still need closing so potholes can be repaired

Kent’s Pothole Blitz is now well underway and many roads around are still to benefit from the project. At the end of 2023, the Government announced that £8.3 billion would be injected into resurfacing and repairing UK roads that have been plagued by potholes.

This large sum of cash was freed up after the northern leg of the HS2 high-speed railway line was ditched. Kent County Council (KCC) will receive a total of £135 million from the fund, known as Network North, until 2034.

Just over £4.2 million will be spent this year and again in 2025/26 to repair the county’s most tired and battered roads. Over £400,000 has already been spent in Medway to tackle the problem, with the same amount allocated to carry on the works over the next year.

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Work on the Pothole Blitz commenced in March to allow crews to work in the best weather conditions, and will continue until autumn later this year. Alongside efforts to fill in existing potholes, steps will be made to help prevent such road damage occurring again in the future.

KCC is also making use of its Pothole Pro technology which helps crews deliver repairs more efficiently and means old road surfaces can be removed faster for improvements. This is used alongside smaller equipment, used specifically on narrow roads and in urban environments, reducing working zones and speeding up the repair work while minimising disruption.

A spokesperson for KCC added: “Due to the nature of the works and the already unprecedented demand for road space (including the work of utility companies), the programme is spread over a number of months in a fully co-ordinated way. This minimises the disruption and impact to road users.”

Dates for road closures required for pothole repairs are announced daily, with the latest closure updates posted to the KCC Highways X (formerly Twitter) account here. Take a look below for all of the roads in Kent and Medway where Pothole Blitz works are still currently planned. Roads have been grouped by district.

Ashford

• Ashford Road

• Belmont Road

• Blackwall Road

• Coach Road

• Great Chart Bypass

• Lower Vicarage Road

• Millbrook Meadow

• Ox lane

• Reed Crescent

• Repton Avenue

• Stone Hill Road

• The Boulevard

• Top Road

• Underwood Close

Canterbury

• Canterbury Hill

• Covet Lane

• Gogway

• Harbledown Bypass

• Hawe Lane

• High Street

• Island Road

• Kent Avenue

• Marine Parade

• Nackington Road

• Reculver Road

• Rhodaus Close

• St Swithins Road

• St Thomas Hill

• Tankerton Road

• Thanet Way

• The Paddocks

• Town Hill

• Valkyrie Avenue

• Whitstable Road

Dartford

• Balmoral Road

• Common Lane

• New Barn Road

Dover

• Adisham Road

• Church Lane

• High Street

• Ranelagh Road

• St Richards Road

• The Street

• Upper Road

Folkestone and Hythe

• Aldington Road

• Beachborough Road

• Black Bull Road

• Bridge Close

• Godwyn Road

• Horn Street

• Phillip Road

• Portland Road

• Sir John Moore Avenue

• Stone Street

• Surrenden Road

• Victoria Road

Gravesham

• Havisham Road

• Parrock Street

Maidstone

• Boxley Road

• Church Street

• Court Dane Shaws

• Ham Lane

• Hart Street

• Lidsing Road

• London Road

• Smiths Hill

• Stockett Lane

• Stonestile Road

• Ulcombe Road

• Waterloo Street

• Yalding Hill

Medway

• A2 Rainham Road

• City Way

• The Cut

• Chapel Road

• Delce Road

• Grain Road

• Hempstead Valley Drive

• Montgomery Road

• Peninsula Way

• Sturdee Avenue

• Wayfield Road

Sevenoaks

• Bank Lane

• Gorse Hill

• Hever Road

• Hubbards Hill

• Ide Hill Roundabout

• Lombard Street

• Mill Lane

• Park Lane

• Plymouth Drive

• Shipbourne Road

• Underriver House Road

Swale

• Colonels Lane

• Hearts Delight

• Hearts Delight Road

• Leysdown Road

• London Road

• Lower Road

• Mill Way

• Oad Street

• Priory Row

• Swanton Street

• The Street

Thanet

• Alland Grange Lane

• Brunswick Road

• Green Road

• Hereson Road

• Laundry Road

• Manston Road

• Watchester lane

• Woodchurch Road

Tonbridge and Malling

• Bank Lane

• Blacklands

• Danns Lane

• Denbeigh Drive

• Eastfield Gardens

• Hadlow Road

• Hartlake Road

• Higham Lane

• Kinnings Row

• Medina Road

• Puttenden Road

Tunbridge Wells

• Broadwater Down

• Burnt House Lane

• Constitutional Hill Road

• Darnley Drive

• Kibbles Lane

• Powder Mill Lane

• Stone Court Lane

• The Meadow

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