Grovehurst Road Improvement Scheme completion works update

 

Contractors working on the upgrade of the Grovehurst Road junction are due to complete the majority of the works by early December.

 

Engineers will return in the New Year to complete the remaining utility connections and address any redundant chambers and ducts, before the scheme is considered complete.

 

Complications in the planning, poor weather conditions in the early phase of the build and works on the surrounding roads not associated with the project have meant the timeline for completion has slipped.

 

KCC’s Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, Peter Osborne, said: “Our improvements to the Grovehurst Road junction are progressing well.

 

“We will continue to work with our contractor to make sure any further work needed to complete the project is planned to minimise further delay and disruption as much as possible.”

 

The A249 Grovehurst Road Improvement Scheme will unlock new homes planned along the A249 corridor from the junction with the M2 to the Isle of Sheppey.

 

The improvements include altering the slip and approach roads to the junction, service diversions, changing traffic signals, lighting and major earthwork operations.

 

This will increase capacity on the road network and provide the infrastructure needed for the proposed housing plans in Swale and is being paid for through the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund and developer contributions.

 

More information about the project is available on the project website.