Traffic improvements on Medway City Estate delayed for months
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by Sarah Shaffi
Work to improve traffic jams on a busy industrial estate
will not start until April, almost six months behind schedule.
Left-turn only lanes on the approaches to the Antonys Way and
Sans Pareil roundabouts on the Medway City Estate were due to be
set up in December but freezing weather conditions made it
impossible.
Medway Council now says the earliest it will be able to carry
out the work will be April.
The scheme, which will cost some £50,000, will see Berwick Way
increased from two to three lanes, letting an extra 300 to 400 cars
go through the Sans Pareil roundabout every hour.
The council's research shows lorries use the left-hand lane to
go all the way around the roundabout into Wulfere Way, blocking
traffic turning left on to Frindsbury Hill.
The changes will let them use the middle lane to cross the
roundabout.
Antonys Way, which leads from the estate to the Medway Tunnel,
will also have three lanes on the approach to the roundabout.
Director of regeneration, community and culture Robin Cooper
said: "We have experienced particularly difficult weather
conditions. It does still remain a priority of ours
"To be able to carry out all the necessary works, which include
resurfacing the road, we would have to close the roundabout to
motorists for a period of time. The most feasible time to do this
would be during the next planned overnight tunnel closure in
April."
There are 600 businesses on Medway City Estate, employing up to
6,000 people. During busy periods and bad weather, workers have
been left queueing for more than an hour to leave the estate.
Monday, February 22 2010
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