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Major resurfacing works Station Road / Brightling Road
Phase plan (as at 20/8/24) (Regular updates are posted on the Parish Information tab, under News - with the latest showing here on the right.)
Station Road
1 Monday 29/07 - Tuesday 06/08 High Street to outside Provident Cottage
1b Saturday 03/08 - Sunday 04/08 High Street section (overnight)
2 Tuesday 06/08 - Friday 09/08 Provident Cottage to bridge
3 Tuesday 06/08 - Friday 09/08 bridge to near number 11
4 Friday 09/08 - Tuesday 13/08 near number 11 to Village Hall entrance
5/6 Wednesday 14/08 - Wednesday 28/08 Village Hall entrance to level crossing
5a Wed 14/08 - Thursday 15/08 Village Hall to Culverwells
5b Friday 16/08 to Thursday 22/08 Culverwells to Train Station entrance
6 Thursday 22/08 - Saturday 24/08 Train Station entrance to level crossing
TUESDAY 27/08 - WEDNESDAY 28/08 SURFACING NEAR NUMBER 11 STATION ROAD TO LEVEL CROSSING
Brightling Road
7 Tuesday 27/08 - Saturday 31/08 Level crossing to Mill Rise
8 Saturday 31/08 - Wednesday 4/09 Mill Rise junction to outside number 15
From Thursday 5/9 works will be overnight, to avoid disruption to College traffic.
9 Thursday 5/09 - Monday 9/09 outside number 15 to outside Ashdown (nights)
10 Monday 9/09 - Wednesday 11/09 outside Ashdown to outside Maryland (nights)
11 Wednesday11/09 - Friday 13/09 outside Maryland to Darvell Lodge (inc. Bishop's Lane junction) (nights)
LINING WORKS FOR WHOLE SITE Friday 13/09 - Sunday 15/09
Ironwork adjustments - specialist works/changes to manhole covers etc. dates to be advised.
Latest News
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
19th Sep 2024
Update Thursday 19th September 2024
DRUM ROLL...Weather permitting the resurfacing works in Robertsbridge should be completed as planned as far as the entrance to Bishops Lane on Brightling Road tomorrow night, Friday 20th September.
From 7pm to 6am this Friday night and Saturday night the whole of Station Road and Brightling Road as far as the entrance to Bishops Lane will be shut for finishing off and lining works. CARS MUST NOT BE PARKED ALONG STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
Thank you everyone for your cooperation.
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
30th Aug 2024
UPDATE Friday 30th August 5.30pm
A quick update on the Station Road / Brightling Road resurfacing...Resurfacing has finished in Station Road Robertsbridge with access to the station from the High Street. For the next couple of hours this evening the workers will continue to prepare the road between the level crossing and Mill Rise for tarmac tomorrow. They plan to maintain access in and out of Mill Rise at all times tomorrow.
On Sunday and next week work will continue up Brightling Road so there will be noise over the weekend. Anyone who normally parks on the road will need to move their cars ahead of tarmacing- please speak to the workers if you have any queries about this.
Planning Committee - Monday 2nd September 2024
28th Aug 2024
There will be a Planning Committee Meeting on Monday 2nd September 2024 at Robertsbridge Youth Centre at 7.30pm.
The press and public are welcome to attend and up to 15 minutes will be allowed at the start of the meeting for public comments and questions. The agenda for the meeting will be available on the 'Council Meetings' page three days prior. Click here to see the notice.
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
27th Aug 2024
UPDATE Tuesday 27th August 12 noon
As previously advised resurfacing is taking place along a long stretch of Station Road from near 11 Station Road (just beyond Willow Bank) up to the level crossing today and tomorrow, 27th and 28th August.
Thank you to everyone for your cooperation and patience during the ongoing works. Highways have asked us to remind everyone that any tampering of traffic management signs, barriers etc causes risk to safety and can mean that traffic management needs to be kept in place for longer than planned to fix areas that have been driven over too soon. Highways do not leave closures in place unnecessarily and even after resurfacing there is a period of time when materials cure to ensure they are long lasting.
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
20th Aug 2024
UPDATE Tuesday 20th August 2024, 5pm:
The latest phase plan for Station Road and Brightling Road is shown opposite. This takes into account the delay to laying the tarmac in Station Road. The length of the works has now been extended to 15th September with works from 5th September taking place overnight.
As previously advised vehicular access is currently available to Oldwood Surgery (Doctors), the Village Hall and Culverwells with caution, across the excavated road. Access only - no through road. Vehicular access to the Station and Aviamax is currently from Brightling Road, and currently pedestrian only access to The Ostrich.
Further information can be found on the East Sussex Highways website under planned works. You can also report any problems on the same website.
Vacancy for a Councillor
18th Aug 2024
The Parish Council is sorry to see Cllr Clive Cooke go - he resigned on 16th August for personal reasons. Clive was on the Planning Committee and we thank him for his contribution to this and the Council over the last five years.
We therefore now have a vacancy for one more Councillor: please click to see the Notice of Vacancy. Enquiries welcomed.
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
16th Aug 2024
UPDATE Friday 16th August 2024, 9pm:
Final surfacing on Station Road has been completed as far as Willowbank / Gray-Nicolls, which are accessible from the High Street end, including the car park, The Club, Moat Osteopath, Post Office (Village Stores).
Excavation work has now progressed to just beyond the Ostrich. The plan is currently to do the final surfacing (tarmac) from no. 11 right up to near the level crossing in one hit, on Wednesday 28th August.
Vehicular access is currently available to Oldwood Surgery (Doctors), the Village Hall and Culverwells with caution, across the excavated road. Access only - no through road.
Vehicular access to the Station, Aviamax and the Ostrich is currently from Brightling Road.
Work is expected to start on Brightling Road (above the railway line) on 27th August. Access to the whole of Station Road up to the Station will then be from Station Road (High Street end), but confirmation / updates will be provided as things progress.
Further information can be found on the East Sussex Highways website under planned works. You can also report any problems on the same website.
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
7th Aug 2024
The work from the High Street to Provident Cottage is complete and the car park is now accessible again, from the High Street only.
Work on the next phase is progressing from Provident Cottage, over the hump bridge, to near no. 11 Station Road. This crosses the entrance to Willowbank, but access is being maintained, albeit with some minor delays at times. The Post Office and Moat Osteopaths are still accessible on foot.
Please speak to the workers if you are unsure or need help to access anywhere - they will help if they can.
Current work is on edgings (kerbs) and other necessary preparations, with tarmac due to be laid on Friday (9th August). Once that has cured, that section will be opened (from High Street end) and work will immediately commence (probably Friday) on the next section, up to the Village Hall entrance.
Information can be found on the East Sussex Highways website.
HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
5th Aug 2024
UPDATE Monday 5th August 2024, 9pm:
As most folk are no doubt aware, the works are currently behind schedule. This is due not least to an unexpected electricity cable (not as deep as it should have been!) and a water leak following the pressure problems on Friday (along with several others across the village!). As the water company didn't arrive to fix the water leak until very late Friday evening, the work couldn't be scheduled for Saturday, so further time lost. All this has inevitably caused some disruption, especially for those living within the closure, and The Club, Village Stores and Moat's Osteopaths.
The plan is currently to lay the tarmac tomorrow (Tuesday 6th) on the section currently closed. It will be opened as soon as it is sufficiently cured - depending on the weather that may be Tuesday, but it is not possible to be certain at this point. But rest assured it will be opened as soon as feasible. The car park will be available as soon as the road is open.
They will immediately (possibly tomorrow) start scraping off the next section - possibly down to Willowbank. However, they have advised today that they intend to work only to halfway across Willowbank, in order to retain access at all times in/out, from one direction or the other - High Street end, or Brightling Road direction. We will have to rely on local signs and advice from the workers as things progress. Naturally, they are hoping all goes well and they can catch up a bit.
We will check progress tomorrow and update as and when we have any further information.
UPDATE 4: HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
3rd Aug 2024
UPDATE 4: HIGHWAYS WORKS RESURFACING STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD
Please remove any cars from the turning circle and car park at Salehurst Primary School by 5pm tomorrow. The school needs to work on the turning circle next week.
The works in Station Road will continue later today, overnight and tomorrow at the junction of Station Road and High Street. At times it may be necessary to close the High Street (please follow signage).