BRIDGE Village A2! By-Pass

MEARS commenced this two~year Contract
in August, 1974. Now, in spite of the set-
béciks brought about by the first wet winter,
they have completed the 3.6km. by-pass
PLUS a 2.0km. extension at the eastern end
liétel value exceeding £3M), two months
ihééd oi the original Contract completion
Site.
fill has involved the excavation of about
'l,QOO,DOO cubic metres of earth, the con-
struetlon of five major bridges, and other
iellllary structures.
;§§,ODO tonnes of road construction mater-
lfill have been imported to form the twin
l€Fl§, dual carriageway to carry the heavy
Eentlnental traffic around the village of
Fueeei
lfi, erder to limit the amount of disruption to
village life during the Contract, no construc-
iléfi traffic has used the lanes connecting
these Qurrounding villages.
fhe completed work has been designed to
blend into the surrounding countryside. This
i5 particularly noticeable in the Bifrons Park
area where surplus excavated material has
been used to disguise the embankment on
which the road has been built. ln the area
adjacent to the Highland Court Hospital the
road is built in a cutting and traffic will pass
virtually unnoticed.
One of the features which has enabled the
increased volume of work to be completed
at this early date has been the spirit of co-
operation between K.C.C. and MEARS' site
staff producing an atmosphere of real team-
work
The contract was for the Kent C.C. (County
Surveyor Mr. Allen Smith), acting as Agents
for the D.O.E.
With the opening of BRIDGE BY-PASS,
MEARS have, during the last three years,
provided 17km. of dual carriageway between
the eastern end of the M2 and the Channel
ports, a major contribution to the trunk
road system in Kent, and relief for the
villages pre\iously choked with Continental
traffic.

An Agricultural Subway at Bif-
rons Park.
The Kent CC. and /Wears’ /V/‘err
of the Moment
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Hie winter promise of things to come at C0/dharbour Lane
Bririge.
Lookting to wards; D0 i/er from Be/res/Joume Bridge.