For more than a 100 years roundabouts have been a crucial part of our road network and have by and large stayed the same – after all, why fix something that isn’t broken? But across the North Sea, some innovative thinkers in The Netherlands have come up with the concept of a “Turbo Roundabout” which is now starting to be rolled out around the world. This now includes Kent with the county council announcing last week its first one would be installed in June. The works will cost £650,000 and see the Running Horse Roundabout on the A229 Blue Bell Hill, near Maidstone, redesigned. But since Kent C…
