JonH

Three members of my family commute most days from Harrietsham using the A20. When Op Brock is in place journey times that normally take 10 - 20mins can easily take 1 - 2 hours. This has happened many times during 2022. The local bus service is also impacted which has affected our daughter's journey to school in Maidstone.

Looking at the bigger picture, part of the answer is to encourage people to make better use of our train service - not normally affected by Brock. This could be achieved in part by improving the service - perhaps more frequent trains? And also to keep Lenham station, rather than replace it with a new one away from the village. Would it even be possible to create a connection from the local line to the high speed line near Hollingbourne, where the two lines cross, so that local services could run much more quickly into London?