A lone dog walker strolls along the middle of a road – but he has no need to fear being hit by a car. Today, as it has been for the past seven years, Rutledge Avenue in Ashford is closed to traffic. The eerily quiet route – connecting two incomplete new-build estates – has been unused for so long that moss has started growing on the tarmac. Only dog walkers and joggers are able to bypass the barriers and use Rutledge Avenue and the adjacent Avocet Way, which link the Finberry and Bridgefield developments. The roads were put in place by housebuilding giant Taylor Wimpey in 2017. Eventually, the…
