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Feature Section

marking the %
opening of the A2

BRIDGE B Y-PA 88
June 25, 1976


II Kentish Gazette, J une 25, 1978

End of the road r B

The Minister of Transport, Dr‘  3,;
John Gilbert, MP, officially
opens Bridge by-pass on Tues- .
day. For the builders, con-
tractors,‘Kent County Council.
and 1,500 villagers, it will mark
the end of a road that stretches
back well over a decade.

    

Four miles of road have cost
23% million and, much to
everyone's satisfaction, it has
been comfileted two months
ahead of so edule. '

Behind Tuesday's short cere-
mony lies years of lanning to
help make this sec ion of the
road to Eurolpe as safe and swift?
as possible. or the villagers of‘
Brid e, it means a great sigh of
relie at the thought of losin the,
juggernauts from their oor-
steps.

In addition to the 2%-mile
by- ass, the contract has:
inc uded 11/, miles of improve-;'
ment and dualling of the existing
A2 between the southern end of]
the b —pass at Coldharbour Lane
and arham crossroads.

For 22 months, modern road’
builders have been at work on,
the site, turning the en 'neers’
ideas into reali y. Five ridges
have been built and the route
carefully landscaped. .

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It took the work of about 100
people to construct the road and
' as been designed on
estimates for traffic figures for
1990.

While looking to the future, the
planners and builders have not
neglected the past, and there
has been a special archaeolo-
gical study made as the chalk
has been turned. ~

The villagers of Bridge have
also kept a close eye on the
road's progress, and now that
work is completed, are prepar-
ing their own celebrations to
mark the event.

There will also be time to

celebrate for“ those _ wltio ,1l~1f:‘{e , 4 ' . ' , , ' , . _, . .i ~.z. ' , I ' " ' -:5’ 5 ’ hi h ‘ b
worked on e pro ec . eir ’ " ‘ '2 ' ch 1 11 s of road w c as con
wortlil IS f(3i0I1€- d €m§W1’tl;31‘€t. Some of the people whose work put Bridge by-pass 1 - uo map. It has talmn about 10“ P‘:°1:'° u;ncg0::::l(; m:keo:]:j;nse:tion of the road to Europe
‘“‘° 9*‘ W‘ “S9 5 ° 9 “I in head of schedule Behind " uy’s short ceremony Hes year” P 3""

and, meanwhile, Bridge is more °°mpl°t°d two mom 5 a‘ '

than happy to be by-passed. i as safe and swift 39 P033“"°-

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Kentlsh Gamette, June 26, 1976

     
  

 

      
   

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cles the road builders had to

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One of the damp and deep obste

 

overcome. Bridge, viewed from Bitrons Park Lane and the
River Nallboume in February, 1975.



 

       

workmen obviouly ow what they a.re'doing as they go t work on one of the by-pass structures. To th looke it is nothing but a,

maze but to the expert eye it is a. technical puzzle which he knows the answer tog;

   


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Detailed engineerin work on
the by- ass came a er great
researc and fact~finding.

To et the actual route. there
have 0 be a great many official
steps taken. Usually, the
selected route is advertised and
the public given an opportunity
to make its objec ions and
observations known. '

If, in due course, these
objections cannot be mutually
reconciled, the processes for a
public enquiry are set up to
investigate the facts so that as
far as possible an impartial and
democratic decision can be
made.

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recommends the scheme's pro-
gosals, as was the case at

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makes an order which virtually
deterrnines the scheme and
these proposals usuall become
more or less binding‘. hus, it is
clearly essential at by the
time a public enquiry is held a
clear idea of the concept of the
scheme must have been evolved.

However, when public en-
quiries are over there is still a
mountain of work needed for the

reparation of both the engineer-
ng details and the documents
for the legally binding contract
for the construction of the
by-pass.

Bridge also had its say at the’

1972 public exhibition when
villagers could see the form the
scheme was taking and make
their personal views known to
the designers.

‘Patflxbourre bride‘/d the y-pass in Tiifrons ark in April,

      

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their time schedule.

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