The battle to find a long term solution to prevent more falls on a Deal footpath dubbed ‘accident alley’ will continue with a meeting today.

Kent county councillor for Deal Eileen Rowbotham will meet a highways officer to discuss options for the privately owned path between Queen Street and Park Street.

It will be a private discussion just before the joint transportation board meeting at the Dover District Council offices this evening.

Owners Portery Management Co, of Dour Street, Dover, have repaired the uneven slabs but members of the public, including those who have fallen on the path, are keen to see a long term solution.

Cllr Rowbotham revisited the site on Monday describing it as “safer but not satisfactory."

She said: “When I first saw it I thought it looked OK, but after a closer inspection I’m not so sure. As somebody who has experienced falls, I’m not personally sure it’s safe.”

She reported the saga to KCC and set about finding the landowner herself. Once the repairs were made, she said her contact at KCC had told her the path was satisfactorily repaired.

This week she said: “We need a long term solution and we need it sooner rather than later. I will be making a case for that.”

The Mercury has previously reported on various people who have fallen on the uneven surface.

Eight-year-old Olivia Brett tripped on a raised paving slab there in December 2015, causing teeth to rip through her bottom lip.

In March last year, Millie Ellis, five, of Davis Avenue, Deal, spent the Easter holiday weekend with bruising after she fell in the alley.

Joan Wright, 80, suffered multiple injuries and has since had an elbow replacement after her fall last July and Brian Fagg, 74, of Curzon Close, Walmer, broke his arm after tripping on a raised slab on the path seven years ago.

Cllr Rowbotham said she knows many others will have had falls, especially late at night.