A20 and A2 trunk Roads (Dover) Temporary Traffic Restrictions

A20 AND A2 TRUNK ROADS (DOVER)
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS
Notice is hereby given that National Highways Limited (a) has made an Order on the A20 and A2 Trunk Roads in the County of Kent, using powers conferred by Sections 1(1), 2(1) and 2(2) and 4 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to better manage freight movements within the town of Dover during peak traffic demand, thereby reducing the risk of danger to the public from excessively queueing traffic.
The Order was made on 16th August 2024 and comes into force 1st September 2024.
The effect of the Order is: -
1. to authorise the closure of the southern section of Limekiln Roundabout between its divergence from the westbound carriageway of the A20 to its merge with the eastbound carriageway of the A20;
2. to prohibit any overseas-bound heavy commercial vehicle from making a right turn from the westbound carriageway of the A20 into York Street (A256) and Woolcomber Street (A256), and from entering or proceeding in the filter lanes for the purpose thereof;
3. to prohibit any overseas-bound heavy commercial vehicle from making a left turn into the eastbound carriageway of the A20 from York Street (A256) and Woolcomber Street (A256), and from entering or proceeding in the filter lanes for the purpose thereof;
4. to prohibit any overseas-bound heavy commercial vehicle arriving via Jubilee Way (A2) –
i) from making a right turn from Jubilee Way (A2) into Eastern Docks;
ii) from circumnavigating Western Heights Roundabout to return eastbound on the A20; and
5. to prohibit any vehicle from making or attempting make any U-turn manoeuvre at any junction between Eastern Docks roundabout (A2) and Western Heights roundabout.
Police will operate sifting procedures determining the right to proceed at all junctions between Eastern Docks and Western Heights Roundabout.
The existing Temporary Traffic Regulation Order The A20 and A2 Trunk Roads (Dover) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 2023 (b) will be replaced and revoked.
These measures will be in the interests of road safety and optimum traffic
management during peak traffic demand, and will be imposed with indefinite
duration to the time and extent agreed by the police, local and Dover Port
authorities, and National Highways traffic coordinators.
A copy of the Made Order and a plan illustrating the effects may be inspected at:
Dover District Council, Council Offices, White Cliffs Business Park, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3PJ
(Contact Roger Walton, email: roger.walton@dover.gov.uk, telephone: 01304 872420); until the end of the statutory period 6 weeks from the date the order was made (27th September 2024).
Alternatively, these documents may be obtained by e-mailing
dean.westall@nationalhighways.co.uk.
Any person wishing to question the validity of the order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the relevant enabling Act, or that a requirement of any such enabling Act or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with, may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court, quoting the reference
NH/SE/2024/DOVER TAP ADDITIONS
Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).
P Collins, an Official of National Highways Limited.
Ref: NH/SE/2024/DOVER TAP ADDITIONS
(a) National Highways Limited, (Company No 9346363). Registered Office:
Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ. A company registered in England and Wales.
(b) National Highways Order 2023 No. 847.
Enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to the address above or by email to David.Wickham@nationalhighways.co.uk. www.nationalhighways.co.uk