Another Watery Lane update

We have had confirmation tonight that Watery Lane should be open by Thursday this week pending the clearance of ditches and drains. We will check on the progress tomorrow and update this post accordingly. We will continue to pursue additional drainage work that we believe in necessary to make the road a safer and more …

Essex County Highways start work on Watery Lane

Watery Lane is at last receiving the attention from Essex Highways that has been noticeably lacking in the last few months and in our opinion years.  Cllr Michael Hoy was there today and spoke with an officer from Essex County Council. As mentioned in the previous post two 4,000 tankers turned up on Wednesday evening after a meeting involving …

Watery Lane Update – 13 February 2012

At last we may have movement at Essex County Council on Watery Lane. Yesterday Cllrs Michael & Diane Hoy, along with Cllr Keith Hudson, met with County Highways Chief Engineer and Rochford's Chief Engineer. Michael put forward the points Immediate action was needed to make the road passable.  His view was the drains/culverts needed cleaning as they …

A bit more on Watery Lane

The road closed signs first went up at the entry to Watery Lane of 3rd December 2012 and they are still up now.  During that time the road has "officially" been flooded. One of the issues has been drivers either ignoring the signs or missing them.  There is certainly a case for larger better signs, and possibly gates, as …