The M2 Junction 5/A249 Stockbury Roundabout is the main access point for people travelling northeast to Sittingbourne, the Isle of Sheppey and the Port of Sheerness and southwest to Maidstone and surrounding villages.
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M2 junction 5 London-bound slip road, near Sittingbourne, to close as work continues on Stockbury flyover project. A motorway slip road is to close again as work continues on the multi-million-pound Stockbury flyover project.
TQ7462 : M2, Junction 3 (Blue Bell Wood)The M2 is 25.7 miles long and acts as a bypass of the section of the A2 road which runs through the Medway Towns, Sittingbourne and Faversham. It is the only motorway in England that does not intersect with any other motorway at a junction.
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.
Work began on the M2 in the mid-1960s to support the congestion which overpowered the A2 through the Medway Towns. There are only seven junctions on the M2. Making up just 25 miles of the 62-mile bypass, the M2 is still regarded as an important network for the population in this corner of the UK.
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The M2 Junction 5/A249 Stockbury Roundabout is the main access point for people travelling northeast to Sittingbourne, the Isle of Sheppey and the Port of Sheerness and southwest to Maidstone and surrounding villages.