What are they doing on the A249?

The improvements constructed by Jackson Civil Engineering to the A249/Grovehurst Road include: replacing the existing junction with a two-bridge flyover. removing the current roundabouts and constructing an additional bridge to create a loop over the A249.



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The A249 Grovehurst Road Junction Northbound exit and entry slip roads will be closed until December 2023. The A249 Northbound mainline will then open with the lane 1 closure remaining in place until winter 2024.

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The improvements include altering the slip and approach roads to the junction, service diversions, changing traffic signals, lighting, and major earthwork operations. This will increase capacity on the road network and provide the infrastructure needed for the proposed housing plans in Swale.

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The project was opened to traffic in September 2006.

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Sittingbourne, the principal town in the Borough of Swale, has successfully diversified from traditional industries into a significant manufacturing and distribution centre.

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Between 1960 and 1961, two sections of (what is now known as) the M20 motorway were built between junctions 5 and 8. This was known as the Maidstone Bypass and was renumbered the A20(M) as it bypassed the stretch of the A20 through Maidstone.

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The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It follows on from the A20 at Swanley, meeting the M25, and continuing on to Folkestone, providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports at Dover. It is 50.6 miles long. Although not signposted in England, this road is part of the European route E15.

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The national speed limit for cars is 70mph on motorways and dual carriageways with a central barrier or reservation, 60mph on single carriageways and 30mph in built-up areas.

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The Medway Tunnel is the first immersed tube tunnel built in England and only the second of this type in the UK, the other being at Conway, North Wales.

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Pedestrians cannot use the tunnel, so to get to the other side of the river we had to continue south and cross at Rochester Bridge.

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