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Highways England is to increase the basic speed limit at which motorists can drive through roadworks. Exit the M20 at J8 and join the A20 (Ashford Road) towards Ashford. Highways England has issued the following advice: Diverted traffic should follow the hollow black circle diversion symbol. Highways England hope that the new junction and link road will be open for traffic in autumn of this year (Image: Ian Scammell)KentLive revealed on Sunday (July 28) Highways England had announced the coastbound slip road onto the M20 at junction 10 would be shut from Monday, August 5.The Londonbound exit slip road at the same junction was also pegged for permanent closure that day.But now, bosses at the agency have made a U-turn after “talks with local stakeholders”.A spokesman said: “We are making good progress on creating a new M20 junction for Ashford, which will tackle congestion and bring huge benefits for the town.“The project has always involved closing the east facing slip roads at the existing junction 10, as they will be superseded by the new junction.“We had been preparing to make this change from next week but having spoken with local stakeholders we will now do it at a later date.“Minimising disruption from the roadworks is a priority for us and we are always happy to take local views into account.”The closures were always planned, says Highways, and are to allow for new ones to be constructed at junction 10a , which is expected to partly open in the autumn of this year .Some motorists were left confused at the plans to shut the slip roads before the replacements were opened.One driver said: “What idiot thought of shutting these slip roads ages before 10a is ready.“Surely the new junction could have been made ready with the slip roads available to go coastbound or off londonbound before they close the existing on junction 10.“They obviously don’t live here and have to use these junctions.”Although the closure has been postponed, it is unclear exactly when the slip roads will now be closed.A date has not yet been announced and there is no indication of whether it will be before or after the new ones at junction 10a open.They hope that the new junction and link road will be open for traffic in autumn of this year.The new motorway gyratory over the M20 has now been installed after both East and West Interchange bridges were built during weekend closures.In the immediate future, workers will surface the new A2070 roundabout, install the new Church Road footbridge and build the slip roads for the new junction.Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


The overall value of the design and build contract has been estimated at £771M.The OJEU notice states: “We have a huge road investment programme to deliver and want to engage with suppliers to inform our approach to procuring our larger national infrastructure projects. HIGHWAYS ENGLAND COMPANY LIMITED LAND COMPENSATION ACT 1973 (AS AMENDED) M20 J3 – 5 Smart Motorway. Highways England has backtracked on its decision to permanently close two M20 slip roads next week. Highways England has begun its search for design and build contractors to deliver its £1bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade.
We have over 13,000 subscribers and over 124,000 social network audience. The following traffic incidents and congestion for M20 have been reported by Highways England, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales or Transport for London (TfL) in the last two hours: There are no current incidents in this location. M20 diversion in place via A20. Highways England Company Limited (formerly the Highways Agency) is the government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads.

We use cookies to personalize and improve your experience on our site. Keep up-to-date with the latest developments and health & safety alerts.Enter your email to get recent stories straight into your inbox These changes are expected to improve safety at the two junctions and make for safer, smoother journeys for HGVs.In addition, the preferred options include a major overhaul of the junction with the A67, which involves fully dualling the A66 past the junction by converting the existing single carriageway Bowes bypass and providing a full set of westbound and eastbound exit and entry slip roads at the junction with the A67 for the first time.Two 38t gantries spanning the width of the M6 were installed in…Jacobs and Colas have been dropped from Highways England’s framework to deliver…Today marks the close of the consultation on the £6.8bn Lower Thames…East Street Bridge over the M20 near Addington in Kent is set…