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stock image URGENT calls have been made to reduce the speed limit on a damaged stretch of the A127 to 30mph to prevent homes from shaking when lorries hit potholes. Residents on the busy stretch between the Southend boundary and Progress Road want the road to be resurfaced, saying heavy traffic going over potholes is causing cracks in their walls. Belfairs ward councillor Stephen Aylen said the road was never designed to take that much traffic. He said: “The properties either side of the A127 from the border to Progress Road are suffering because of the road surface. “Houses and...

stock image URGENT calls have been made to reduce the speed limit on a damaged stretch of the A127 to 30mph to prevent homes from shaking when lorries hit potholes. Residents on the busy stretch between the Southend boundary and Progress Road want the road to be resurfaced, saying heavy traffic going over potholes is causing cracks in their walls. Belfairs ward councillor Stephen Aylen said the road was never designed to take that much traffic. He said: “The properties either side of the A127 from the border to Progress Road are suffering because of the road surface. “Houses and...

stock image URGENT calls have been made to reduce the speed limit on a damaged stretch of the A127 to 30mph to prevent homes from shaking when lorries hit potholes. Residents on the busy stretch between the Southend boundary and Progress Road want the road to be resurfaced, saying heavy traffic going over potholes is causing cracks in their walls. Belfairs ward councillor Stephen Aylen said the road was never designed to take that much traffic. He said: “The properties either side of the A127 from the border to Progress Road are suffering because of the road surface. “Houses and...

EIGHTEEN parts of south Essex have been removed from the Government’s Covid hotspots map after reporting fewer than three Covid cases in a week.

EIGHTEEN parts of south Essex have been removed from the Government’s Covid hotspots map after reporting fewer than three Covid cases in a week. Relieved council and public health bosses have welcomed the latest figures, but insist now is not the time to relax as the battle to contain Covid-19 goes on. As children return to classrooms today, council bosses are urging people to continue to stay alert and maintain testing to “maintain these gains”. Independent councillor Trevor Harp, Southend cabinet member for health and adult social care said: “That’s very welcome news but w...