The cost of safety
The A2 Group has campaigned for a safer road for the
past eleven years. Now the problem is crucial.
To run a campaign to improve this state of affairs costs
money. So we appeal to you; if you consider safety,
health and a clean environment worth fighting for, send a
donation - however small - to the Hon. Treasurer and
Secretary at the address below.
And, thank you.
THE A2 GROUP COMMITTEE
Chairman: (Bridge)
John Purchese, “Mill Cottage”, Bekesbourne, Canterbury.
Secretary/Treasurer: (Bridge)
Brian A. Lewis, 1 High Street, Bridge, Canterbury, Kent.
Harbledown:
Cllr. A,G_L_ Payne, “Woodside”, Bigberry Hill,
Harbledown, Canterbury, Kent.
Canterbury:
Roy F. Seaborne, 11 Manwood Avenue, Canterbury, Kent
Cllr. Michael F. Fuller, 33 St. Michael’s Place,
Canterbury, Kent.
Boughton:
Cllr. C.B.W. Stevens, 148 High Street, Boughton,
Faversham, Kent.
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E] lam interested in the campaign. Please keep me fully
informed.
El I would be willing to take an act/ixve interest.
[j I enclosefl ........... .. for your fghting fund.
Name: .................................  .....  ........  .. .. .
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Please tick the boxes, cheques should be payable to THE A2 GROUP.
Send the slip with your contribution t0=the Hon. Treasurer/Secretary,
BRIAN A. LEWIS, 1 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT.
Printed by A. & J. Purchese Ltd., 25 High Street, Bridge, Canterbury.
T The A2, problem r-cad l
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In considering the present problems of the A2 road from
Brenley Corner to Dover it is necessary to look back over
the past ten years of road construction in East Kent.
When the M2 was built it was called the Medway Towns
by-pass, and since the official view was that the route to
Dover from London lay with the A20 through Maidstone this
is all it has ever been considered.
The M2 immediately became a very popular road, and
traffic flow on the A2 increased sharply as it became the
major route to London. The northern end of M2 was ex-
tended by improvement to motorway standards first to Dart-
ford, and then to Bexley, moves which at a stroke gave
excellent access to the Dartford and Blackwall Tunnels.
The fast access to Blackwall and th rolling programme
north of the tunnel forming a link witT-ix the East Cross route
made the northern section of the A2 veiy efficient.
South of the M2  
At the southern end of the M2, frdniifirenley Corner to
Dover - following completion of the Medway Towns by-pass
- nothing at all happened. The authorities were waiting
to see if Britain would join the Common Market and whether
the Channel Tunnel would be built. This complete stag-
nation of activity was in large part the cause of the present
problems of the A2.