HC Deb 27 May 1988 vol 134 cc343-4W
Mr. Speed

To ask the Secretay of State for Transport if he will list his Department's proposed road improvement or new road schemes costing £100,000 or more which are planned to start in Kent within the next five years.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

"Policy for Roads in England: 1987" (Cm125) lists the following national trunk road programme schemes in Kent:

(a) Planned start of construction to March 1989.

M20 Maidstone-Ashford.
A282 Dartford-Thurrock Crossing and Approach Roads.

(b) Planned start of construction April 1989 to March 1991

A20 Folkestone-Dover Stage 1 (Folkestone-Court Wood)
A249 A2 Junction-M2 Junction Dualling
A249 Iwade Bypass

(c) Planned start of construction from April 1991 onwards

M2 Widening between Junctions 1–3
M20 Widening between Junctions 5–8 (Maidstone Bypass)
A20 Folkestone-Dover Stage 2 (Court Wood-Dover)
A21 Kipping's Cross-Lamberhurst Improvement
A21 Lamberhurst Bypass
A21 Tonbridge Bypass-Pembury Bypass Improvement
A259 New Romney Bypass
A259 St. Mary's Bay and Dymchurch Bypass
A261 M20–A259 Hythe Improvement

In addition work to provide hard shoulders on the A2 from the London boundary to the M2, phased over the period 1985–1991, is continuing. Construction of the Maidstone-Ashford section of the M20 should start later this year. The start dates for the remaining schemes are dependent upon the completion of the statutory procedures.

The Department is also considering the following trunk road schemes in Kent, costing £100,000 or more, within its south-east regional programme:—

M20 Traffic lights at the Junction 7 exit.
M25 Crossovers between Junction 5 and the Surrey boundary.
A2 Lighting to the west of the Medway towns.
A2 Central reserve safety fencing between the M2 and Harbledon; and between Harbledon and Bridge.
A21 Central reserve safety fencing between the A225 and A2014.
A249 Brielle Way Improvement.
A259 Improvement to the Junction with the A2070 at Brenzett.
A259 Taylors Lane—Coast Drive Improvement.
A259 Tartane Lane—Tudor Avenue Improvement.
A259 Park Farm/Pavilion Road Junction Improvements.
A259 Shorncliffe Road, Castle Road and Cheriton Avenue Junction Improvements.