Anyone using this lane near Battlesbridge, Essex should beware. I rode it this afternoon and came swweping round a bend to be confronted with two trucks, vans and a load of workmen in the middle of the road laying overbanding. NO MEN WORKING SIGNS, NO WARNINGS. I avoided the workmen but rode thru fresh tar which has wrecked my tyres. I have spoken to Essex Highways and Alfred McAlpines and they say they will get back to me. In the mean time - be careful, they were laying tons of the stuff.
