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I've just been to a meeting at DDC offices about planned overnight closures and other associated restrictions on the A2 bypass from the Shepherdswell traffic lights to Whitfield between 10th December and 31st March (nothing to do with DDC, they just hosted the meeting which was being held jointly by the contractors and Highways Agency).
At the end of this work, there will be new lighting around the traffic lights at the Shepherdswell and Lydden junctions, new lights around the Whitfield roundabout end, but lighting removed completely on the rest (which we were told statistically results in a 12.5% increase in accidents on a single carriageway national speed limit road)
The laybys will be closed during the works and have their lighting removed, which the cynics among us suspected was a precursor to removing the laybys permanently but wondered where the trucks are going to go then.
The old lighting which is unsafe and too far below modern standards for the rest of the road will be kept at the Coldred junction, again the cynics among us suspecting this being a precursor to closing the crossover at this junction completely so it will not need lighting.
Lots of other issues came up but this was supposed to be a consultation when in fact it was just telling us what is already planned (and being planned badly at that).
Just wondering if anyone had heard about it yet?
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