Roads were blocked in a pre-Christmas cold snap, which was also blamed for causing trains to break down in the Channel Tunnel leaving hundreds of passengers stranded for hours.
Cold weather and snow are expected to disrupt travel this week, with South Eastern trains already having announced a much reduced service on Wednesday (http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/index.php/news/news_items/view/131).
In a letter to Lord Adonis, Mr Worsley urges him to ‘take decisive action now on behalf of the long suffering travellers of Kent before further snowfalls or [train] engine breakdowns ruin yet more journeys or holidays … No matter how many heads must roll at the highest level.’
Mr Worsley also criticises Kent County Council for failing to grit roads sufficiently and for blaming ‘everyone but itself for the chaos caused when Operation Stack blocks the M20 or snow brings our A & B roads to a complete standstill.’
In a press release on the Kent County Council website, Kent County Council Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste Nick Chard states ‘We salt the priority roads, which are about a third of the county's network – that is 1,500 miles of road. The motorways and trunk roads are salted by the Highways Agency.
‘We are mindful of how difficult it has been in the towns…but our priority has to be to keep the main roads open.’
KCC declined to respond directly to Mr Worsley’s comments.
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