BBC South East takes a closer look at the impact roadworks are having on residents and businesses
Traders near Westgate Towers in Canterbury say business has gone quiet since nearby roadworks began in April
The number of permits issued to temporarily shut roads in Surrey has risen by more than 50% in the last five years and hit a record high in Kent
Some, including James Luckhurst from Gem Motor Assist in Forest Row, East Sussex, said it was at least positive work that was being carried out
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Peter Sullivan, from Kingswood in Surrey, said he thought people were "all aware that roadworks are a necessary evil".
He added: "The issue here is that councils, utility companies and developers appear to dig up the same stretch of road consecutively instead of working cooperatively and digging it up once."
We have been hearing from some of you sharing your concerns about roadworks across the region.
Kim Klein said she travelled along the A228 in Strood every day for 10 years but "finally gave up the time consuming journeys" due to roadworks.
She said: "With roadworks the journey from Snodland to the M2 junction can take more than 30 minutes when without them it is 10 minutes at most.
"Many people state this is the worst road in the whole of Kent."
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Liz Saul
BBC Radio Kent in Sittingbourne
Mary Goodger told reporter Liz Saul in Sittingbourne that roadworks in the area meant she has “late to work a few times” after being stuck in congestion.
“I live five minutes from where I work and it has been taking me half an hour at least to get there most mornings,” she said.
She added: “There’s different sets of miniature roadwork lights that go up every week. Come out of one turning and they’re there again.
“You just can’t seem to be able to get through them.”
Liz Saul
BBC Radio Kent in Sittingbourne
Image source, Liz Saul/BBCRobert Macdonald says diversions due to A249 roadworks cause “so many hassles” with his caravan
In Sittingbourne, people have been telling reporter Liz Saul about the traffic issues local roadworks are causing.
Robert Macdonald told BBC Radio Kent roadworks on the A249 have caused him “so many hassles” with his caravan.
Drivers using satnav “eventually have to stop, turn around, and reverse” when they come across road closures, Mr Macdonald added.
Claudia Sermbezis
Reporter, BBC South East Today
Chloe Webb is a carer from Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
She relies on her car to get to her clients' homes, but is finding this difficult due to roadworks.
"Sometimes the roadworks have meant that I'm over 35 minutes late to my clients" she said.
Image source, BBC/Claudia SermbezisThere's mixed feelings in Canterbury as we ask is the pain worth the gain?
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Image source, Julia Gregory/BBCMark and Alison Cullinan runs The Hare & Hounds pub near the Godstone sinkhole
Returning to Godstone, Surrey, where the High Street remains closed following a sinkhole opening up in the road in February.
Mark Cullinan runs The Hare & Hounds pub, near the sinkhole. He told BBC Radio Surrey that his trade is down by at least 40% compared to 2024.
“It’s like Covid all over again. You’re just thinking ‘when is it going to end?’,” he said.
“I know a lot of the local people are saying it’s quite nice that some of the traffic doesn’t come through the village, but it doesn’t help everybody else and it doesn’t help the trade.”
In April, we reported that Surrey County Council, National Highways and six utility providers had written to the Department for Transport about improving the digital service used across England to manage roadworks.
Matt Furniss, Surrey’s cabinet member for highways, said utility companies' demands in Surrey were amongst the top five highest in the UK.
He said: “Whilst we recognise that works on the highway carried out by utility companies are necessary, these works are all too often impacting negatively on Surrey road users."
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Image source, Getty ImagesA home care worker from the Guildford area says her service has been hit in the past by roadworks in county.
Jan Mobbs said: "The roadworks have meant that we are often late to calls, which means the clients are not having important medication at the correct time.
"They can become stressed from not having their call at the expected time. This then has a knock on effect for later calls to other clients, which is definitely not the service we like to give."
Ms Mobbs also says new roadworks are "too frequent".
A woman says roadworks caused by the Queensway Gateway Road project in East Sussex are making it a struggle for her and her colleagues to reach work every day.
Victoria told BBC Radio Sussex that they have to leave "substantially earlier" each morning due to the project.
"Usually, the time I am hitting there [the road], it is chockablock traffic."
The project in Hastings was originally expected to be completed in 2016.
A woman says her family is being impacted "quite a lot" by roadworks on the A21 in Hastings.
Tony told BBC Radio Sussex the work was adding half an hour onto the daily school run, which was "eating petrol" and forcing them all to wake up much earlier.
A man who was with her added the family were "stressed" and "angry" about the situation.
The Queensway Gateway Road project in Hastings was originally expected to be completed in 2016.
East Sussex Highways said in April the scheme had made good progress, despite what it called "technical challenges".
Image source, East Sussex HighwaysMaintenance work on the A27 near Brighton is due to finish ahead of schedule, says National Highways.
The government agency previously said it needed to do drainage, barrier replacement and resurfacing works between the Patcham Interchange and A27 Lewes Road.
"Works have progressed well," it wrote online. "We're now due to finish ahead of the original published date of 6 June."
Image source, George Carden/BBCSome businesses in Terminus Road, Eastbourne, are calling for roadworks to be paused over the summer
Some businesses in Terminus Road, Eastbourne, are calling for roadworks to be paused over the summer due to fears of their impact they could have on trade.
Works to pedestrianise the road, with an estimated completion date of December, are being paid for by a £19.8m grant from the government's Levelling Up Fund.
While some traders raised concerns about the impact on the town during its busy summer months, others said works should continue and be completed as quickly as possible.
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Image source, Getty ImagesEast Sussex County Council says contractors and utility companies will be charged more to work on the busiest roads during peak times
East Sussex County Council has announced a scheme to charge more to contractors and utility companies working on the busiest roads during peak times.
The council says its Lane Rental Scheme aims to encourage work to be done outside of peak hours and for those working on the roads to find more efficient ways of finishing the job.
Genuine emergency work that must be carried out during peak times will not be charged under the new scheme for 48 hours from when it begins, the council said.
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Image source, Julia Gregory/BBCPart of Godstone High Street remains closed
Why not fill the sinkhole in so that cars can drive over it?
Surrey County Council’s infrastructure team manager, Lloyd Allen, gave reporter Julia Gregory his answer earlier.
He says filling in part of the road to allow traffic to use it would leave his team unable to reconnect utilities that have been disconnected for safety reasons, as well as hampering workers’ investigations at the site.
“We still don't know the effects that the water, when the mains burst, had to the underlying soil conditions,” he added.
Image source, Julia Gregory/BBCLloyd Allen's team at Surrey County Council is still investigating the cause of the Godstone sinkhole
Part of Godstone High Street remains closed after a sinkhole opened up in February, forcing an evacuation of around 30 nearby homes.
Surrey County Council’s infrastructure team manager, Lloyd Allen, tells BBC Radio Surrey his team’s investigation of the sinkhole is still ongoing.
The sinkhole is roughly three metres deep, but is “potentially formed by tunnels under the road” that could be as deep as 12m, he said.
“The visual appearance of the hole is quite large, but we don't know what's happening underneath that.”
He says he still cannot commit to a date when the roadworks will be complete.
“If we find a geological problem we have got to fix then that could extend that period of time, so I'm not giving out an end date at the moment,” he says.
Investigations into the cause of the sinkhole are ongoing.
Image source, PA MediaWorks on the M25 will aim to cut congestion at junction 10 with the A3
The busiest section of the M25, at junction 10 where the motorway meets the A3 at Wisley, has been the site of full road closures since March 2024.
National Highways said more than 300,000 vehicles travelled through the junction every day and the £317m project will add extra lanes to improve safety and cut congestion.
TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh previously called for the Royal Horticultural Society to be compensated for losses during the A3/M25 roadworks, which are near to its Wisley Gardens.
While there will not be any more full closures of the M25, the junction will be closed between 16 and 19 May for more works to take place.
Roadworks in towns across the South East could impact on residents
There are some large roadworks coming to towns across the South East which may impact on residents.
Essential gas works by SGN will be done in two phases in Tunbridge Wells, and started on Monday. They are expected to last for about five months as 3.5km (2.2 miles) of gas mains are replaced.
While SES Water is replacing water mains on one road between Redhill and Reigate, which could see the road closed until June.
One resident said the work has left him unable to go out, and others shared their mixed reactions with BBC Radio Surrey.
There are mixed opinions from residents of one Redhill route that's closed until June.