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Kent County Council are proposing to construct a new northbound on-slip road connecting the A28 Thanington Road to the A2 Trunk Road near Canterbury. A Section 6 (5) Highways Act 1980 Agreement has been made between the Secretary of State for Transport and Kent County Council, allowing the council to carry out works on the trunk road network.
The aim of the scheme is to make better use of the A2 dual carriageway and to assist in relieving problems associated with traffic congestion in the Canterbury area and, in particular, along the A2.
The new on-slip will run from the A28 immediately west of the Thanington Road Bridge (over the A2) to the A2 London-bound carriageway. To prevent any conflicts with turning vehicles, entry on to the slip road will be controlled by traffic signals with a designated right turn for drivers wishing to join the A2 London-bound carriageway.
The new road will allow drivers to get on to the A2 London-bound carriageway from Wincheap. Currently motorists can only travel east to Dover from the Wincheap junction and so have to drive through Wincheap and Canterbury’s congested ring road to join the A2 London-bound carriageway at Bridge junction.
The scheme received planning consent in August 2009 and Kent County Council are proposing to start construction early next spring with a view to opening the new slip road in June 2011.
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