ROADS across East Sussex will be getting a new lease of life – thanks to a £4.7 million cash injection.
The extra Government funding will allow East Sussex Highways to improve and ‘pothole-proof’ an additional 15 miles of road at 37 locations around the county. Continue reading
A MAIN road through Bexhill will close for a month to allow a major improvement scheme to take place.
Cooden Sea Road will be closed to through traffic from its junction with Withyham Road to north of Popps Lane for four weeks from Thursday, March 14. Continue reading
A WELL-USED footpath which remained closed for a year after the collapse of a retaining wall has reopened.
A four metre section of the retaining wall in Southover Road, Lewes – part of the Grade II listed old town wall, collapsed in March last year leaving the footpath unsupported and unusable. Continue reading
UNEXPLODED bombs, hurricane-force winds and 100m-wide ‘potholes’ – it’s all in a day’s work for one of East Sussex Highways’ longest-serving employees.
Bernie Gorringe, from Ninfield, has just clocked up 50 years on the county’s roads, rising from crew member via highway superintendent to his current role as project manager.
