The huge crater opened up in the middle of the A26 at Barming, one of the main carriageways into Maidstone from the west. The hole, which measures 5ft by 6ft, appeared just 500 metres away from where a similar incident occurred three years ago, which left the road closed for five months. The main road, closed between Queens Road and Cherry Orchard Way, could remain closed for four more days, according to tweets from Kent County Council Highways. The council has since confirmed that there are no