Work is to be carried out on a major road described as being “in danger of rapid failure”.

Kent County Council has allocated £2.5 million to resurface the A28 Canterbury Road between Birchington and Margate, which officers say is “nearing the end of its serviceable life”.

Motorists are already being warned there will be delays when the work – which covers a total of 6,372 metres of road and will be carried out in five separate phases – begins next April.

Meeting papers published last week read: “The road surface needs to be renewed throughout and, in some places, deeper strengthening repairs will be needed.

“We plan to deliver these works from April 2019 to avoid the summer holiday season...and it will take around two months to complete.”

The work is to be carried out by Eurovia, who recently won KCC’s road asset renewal contract.

The report adds: “A large section of the A28 between Birchington and Margate, an economically and strategically important road in east Kent, is at the end of its lifecycle and in danger of rapid failure.

“This would lead to temporary measures such as speed limit reductions, lane closure, and full road closures being implemented to reduce the risk to road users.”