Funds must be secured for collapsed road, MP says

A council has been urged to apply for government funding to help repair a road which collapsed two years ago.

Part of Galley Hill Road, at the edge of Swanscombe Quarry in Kent, collapsed after a landslip in April 2023 and has been shut ever since.

The government recently committed £92bn for road and rail repair projects and Dartford MP Jim Dickson said he will be "calling out" the Kent County Council if it fails to apply for some of that funding.

The council said it was preparing a case for the funding but that it could not rely solely on the government to pay for the repairs.