Various roads, Swanscombe & Greenhithe in Dartford - Amendment 13: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the national speed limit to 40mph speed limit due to the junction improvements with the A2 on the following lengths of roads in Swanscombe & Greenhithe, Dartford:

  • Bean Road (B255) slip roads to A296
  • Merry Chest slip
  • Watling street (A296)

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the national speed limit to 40mph speed limit due to the junction improvements with the A2 on the following lengths of roads in Swanscombe & Greenhithe, Dartford:

  • Bean Road (B255) slip roads to A296
  • Merry Chest slip
  • Watling street (A296)

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.
Consultation has concluded

  • 29 June 2022

    Following the statutory consultation period, the scheme has been reviewed and the decision has been taken to make this Order permanent.

    Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Made Order Public Notice and Statement of Reason document.

    Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 15 August 2022 at 12:00 midday, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.