Closures will be in place on the M2 for almost a month as resurfacing works get under way.

The motorway will be completely shut around Medway for 22 nights in three stages from August 10 until September 8.

Diversions are going to be in place for each of the different phases of the roadworks but there are no plans for work to take place at weekends.

The first project will see the coastbound carriageway between junctions 1 and 3 closed from August 10 to August 12 from 8pm to 6am.

The diversion - which will add an extra three miles to journeys - means drivers will be directed off the M2 at junction 1 on to the A289 around the Wainscott bypass and through the Medway Tunnel before heading along Pier Road to Yokosuka Way and up to the M2 at junction 4.

All slip roads will be shut to prevent traffic joining the motorway.

The second phase of works will see junction 3 to 4 shut every weeknight between August 13 to September 1 from 8pm until 6am.

Traffic will be diverted on a 10 mile detour from junction 3 down Blue Bell Hill on the southbound A229 at the Taddington roundabout to join the coastbound M20 at junction 6.

Drivers are then expected to join the A249 northbound and take the Detling Hill road before rejoining the M2 at junction at the Stockbury roundabout.

The route is an extra two miles compared to continuing on the M2.

The final project will see the London-bound carriageway closed between junction 4 and junction 3 with the same diversion in place as for the coastbound works but in reverse.

Works are scheduled to take place between September 2 and September 8 overnight with the closures in place on weekdays only between 8pm and 6am.

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