An end to pot hole hell

MOTORISTS could face delays during the Easter school holidays as work to tackle Rye’s pot hole menace finally gets underway.

Pot holes and the state of Rye’s roads was once of the main concerns raised by residents at the recent Annual Town Meeting.

The town centre and Udimore Road are riddled with deep holes made worse by the icy winter weather in recent years.

Work gets underway at Udimore Road and Ferry road on Monday April 8 and will take three days with day-time lane closures in place.

Work in the town centre takes place from April 11 - 15 in three stages and overnight road closures and diversions will be put in place.

Phase one is Wish Street; phase two Cinque Ports Street from the junction of Wish Street to Market Road and the third stage will be the rest of Cinque Ports Street and Tower Street.

One way systems at Deadman’s Lane and market Road will be suspended during the work to allow access.

Residents were angry that the work has not taken place before now but Rye county councillor Keith Glazier explained: “The reason for the delay was the continuing gas board work in Rye. We had to wait until they had finished. It made no sense to resurface the road and then have people coming and digging it up again.”