Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

Strood to Detling U.K.

Work No. 13— A railway (14,100 metres in length) commencing by a junction with the railway (Work No. 12) at its termination, passing south-eastwards, on the western side of the M2, over new roads (Works Nos. 36C, 36D and 36E) forming part of Junction 2 of the motorway, under the A228 (Rochester Road) (Work No. 36F), over the London and Chatham Railway, then on viaduct over the Strood and Maidstone Railway, the River Medway and Wouldham Road, then continuing south-eastwards on the western side of the M2 to a point at Nashenden Bottom, 120 metres north-west of the northern end of the go-kart racing track at Buckmore Park, south of Rochester Airport, then passing in tunnel (the North Downs Tunnel) for a distance of 3,190 metres beneath Blue Bell Hill and the North Downs, then passing south-eastwards under the Pilgrims Way (Work No. 13F), over Boarley Lane (Work No. 13G), then in tunnel for a distance of 330 metres beneath Boxley Road (Work No. 13H), continuing south-eastwards, under the A249 (Sittingbourne Road) (Work No. 13J), and Hockers Lane (Work No. 13K) and terminating at a point 270 metres east of the northern abutment of the bridge carrying Hockers Lane over the M20, including bridges over Works Nos. 36C, 36D and 36E, the London and Chatham Railway, the said viaduct, and a bridge over Work No. 13G;