Village by-pass: Few.road improve-
ments will produce more delight and
relief than the two-mile road by-
passing the village of Bridge in Kent,
to be opened tomorrow by Mr Gilbert,
Minister for Transport (our Planning
Reporter writes). The vilage lies on

the A2 London-Dover road, and its
narrow High Street has been one of
the most notorious and dangerous
bottlenecks in Britain. The road
was approved in March, 1974, _after
a 12-year campaign by villagers who
several times disrupted holiday

 

  

traffic and once travelled to France to v
urge Continental lorry drivers _to

complain about the dangers. Work
began 22 months ago and was
completed two months ahead of
schedule. The cost is estimated at
£3,200,000.