West End, Kemsing has a closure (for works by SGN) starting on 25 May. Initial signage seemed to indicate that the closure would be for 4 weeks. This, however, was misleading. The works are scheduled to take 4 weeks, but not the closure. The closure is due to start on Saturday 25th May and finishes at the latest on 3rd June (the road must re-open for the school before 0600hrs). The remainder of the works are under traffic lights rather than a closure. Our Streetworks team requested that the contractors amend the notice so that it shows the correct dates for the closure period.
The closure is required at the start of the works because this will take place in the relatively narrow stretch of road outside the school. Once the works have reached the point where the road widens out, 2-way lights can be used the closure will be lifted. The road has to reopen for Monday 3rd June, when the schools resume; if the works requiring closure are not complete, those works will be cancelled and resumed at a future date.
Separately to all this, West End will be closed overnight (from 7PM to 7AM) on the night of 22-23 May for road repairs by Kent Highways. This closure will be between the junctions with Childsbridge Lane and St Edith’s Road.
22 May will also see a daytime closure on Pilgrims Way between the junctions with The Landway and Cotmans Ash Lane, also for Kent Highways works. This will be between 9:30 and 2:30 (again, to avoid an impact on schools traffic) and should take less time than this (hopefully about 4 hours); the works are to fix some large potholes, hence the closure. As I reported previously, Kent Highways carried out a number of works in Pilgrims Way during the recent SGN closure, but this is in a different section of the road.