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.
A ROAD closure in Polegate has been extended by five days after it emerged more work was required.
Farmlands Way closed on Saturday, February 16 2019 between Wannock Road and Broad Road for road reconstruction work and was due to reopen on Sunday, February 24 2019.
Continue readingNEW, high-tech traffic lights installed at a busy junction in Polegate have been switched on for the first time today (Wednesday, February 20).
The lights, in Eastbourne Road, were replaced by East Sussex Highways after a car crash last month destroyed the traffic light controller, which controls the phasing of the lights.
CYCLISTS, motorcyclists and taxis will be allowed to use a bus lane on a main coastal route between Bexhill and St Leonards in a trial which launches this week.
An experimental Traffic Regulation Order comes into force on the A259 Bexhill Road, between Bexleigh Avenue and Harley Shute Road, on Friday, February 15 2019 and will run for up to 18 months.
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