The A2 Trunk Road (A28 Wincheap Canterbury Entry Road) Slip Road Order 2010

Made: 4th October 2010

Coming into force: 28th October 2010

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by Section 10 of the Highways Act 1980 [^f00001] and now vested in him [^f00002]:

1

This Order may be cited as the A2 Trunk Road (A28 Wincheap Canterbury Entry Road) Slip Road Order 2010 and shall come into force on 28th October 2010.

2

In this Order—

• (i) “the trunk road” means the A2 trunk road;

• (ii) “the plan” means the plan numbered HA/10/NOD/008 marked “The A2 Trunk Road (A28 Wincheap Canterbury Entry Road) Slip Road Order 2010” signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at Document Deposit Service, Communities and Local Government, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA; and

• (iii) “the slip road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order and which connect the trunk road with the A28 Thanington Road at the place stated in the Schedule.

3

The new slip road shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force.

4

The centre line of the new slip road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.

5

The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new slip road that—

• (a) where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and

• (b) where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question,

until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic.

SCHEDULE — ROUTE OF THE SLIP ROAD

The route of the slip road is a route which the Secretary of State proposes to construct to connect the A28 eastbound carriageway to the northwestbound carriageway of the trunk road at Wincheap in the County of Kent, the route of the slip road being labelled 1 on the plan.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Jon Griffiths — A Divisional Director — Highways Agency — 4th October 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c.66.

[^f00002]: SI 1981/238.