MEDWAY

Medway Council reveals list of roads to be resurfaced over 2026/27 year in £1.4m investment

13 April 2026In Medway3 Minutes
Stock photo of carriageway resurfacing. Photo: Nigel Wiggins / Adobe Stock

Roads in the Medway Towns set to be fully resurfaced over the next year have been announced.

Medway Council has secured £5.72 million from the government for its 2026/27 highways budget, of which £1.412 million will fund 11 resurfacing schemes.

The council has now published a list of roads set to benefit from the planned repairs.

Waghorn Street in Chatham is one of the 11 roads scheduled for resurfacing in 2026/27. Photo: Future Medway

The list of Medway roads scheduled for resurfacing in 2026/27 is as follows:

  • Maidstone Road, Chatham (between The Ridgeway and Horsted Gyratory) – 22 April 2026
  • City Way, Rochester (from the junction with The Fort to St John Fisher Catholic Primary School) – 22 to 23 April 2026
  • Ratcliffe Highway, Rochester (between Fenn Street Roundabout and Hall Road) – 23 to 24 April 2026
  • Station Road, Cliffe – 24 to 26 April 2026
  • Bryant Street, Chatham – 27 May 2026
  • Waghorn Street, Chatham – 29 May 2026
  • Sir Thomas Longley Roundabout, Rochester – 4 to 5 June 2026
  • Clarence Road, Chatham – 1 June 2026
  • James Street, Gillingham – Date TBC
  • Watling Street, Gillingham (eastbound carriageway from opposite Darland Avenue to Woodlands Road) – Date TBC
  • Hempstead Road, Gillingham (outside house numbers 1 to 40) – Date TBC

For schemes requiring road closures, public notices will be published and affected households will receive direct correspondence outlining the schedule. Dates for all the resurfacing works are subject to change in the event of adverse weather conditions.

Cllr Alex Paterson, portfolio holder for community safety, highways and enforcement. Photo: Medway Labour & Co-operative Party

Commenting on the announcement, Cllr Alex Paterson, portfolio holder for community safety, highways and enforcement, said: “We are responsible for maintaining more than 845km of road across Medway, and our highways teams do a fantastic job of maintaining the roads with funding available to them.

“It’s great that we’re able to announce the next potential resurfacing schemes for the coming year, but as with councils across the country, the financial constraints we face mean resurfacing works have to be prioritised to ensure resources are directed to locations they are most needed.

He added: “Beyond resurfacing works, we also undertake a programme of patching repairs in order to repair damaged surfaces, but these repairs too have to be prioritised for the areas most in need.”

Details about Medway Council’s planned highways works can be found on their website.

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