F1Restricted access to M2 Motorway between Junctions 5 and 72

1

During a traffic restriction period, a relevant vehicle must not be used on the relevant length of carriageway unless—

a

the vehicle is being used on the relevant length of carriageway—

i

at the direction, or with the permission, of a specified person or an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988; or

ii

in compliance with a direction displayed on a traffic sign placed on or near a road;

b

the vehicle is being driven on the relevant length of carriageway to collect goods from, or deliver goods to, premises in Kent and the driver, when requested by a specified person, provides information sufficient to satisfy the specified person that the vehicle is being driven on that road solely for the purpose of proceeding to or from such premises; or

c

the vehicle is normally kept at an operating centre in East Kent and the driver of the vehicle, when requested by a specified person, produces an operator’s licence and a valid local haulier permit, which both bear the address of that operating centre.

2

In this article, “the relevant length of carriageway” means the coastbound carriageway of the M2 Motorway between the last point where the exit slip road at Junction 5 (Stockbury Roundabout) leaves the carriageway, as indicated by markings on the road, and the end of that carriageway at Junction 7 (Brenley Corner).