Various roads Tonge & Teynham, Swale - Amendment 3: Speed Limit Order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the current speed limit to 40mph on the following lengths of roads in Tonge & Teynham, Swale:-

  • Dully Road – from its junction with London Road for a distance of 96 metres in a southerly direction
  • London Road (A2) – from the western property boundary of Ashmead and the existing 30mph speed limit in an easterly direction until it joins up with the existing 30mph speed limit.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • to avoid the 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 current speed limit to 40mph on the following lengths of roads in Tonge & Teynham, Swale:-

  • Dully Road – from its junction with London Road for a distance of 96 metres in a southerly direction
  • London Road (A2) – from the western property boundary of Ashmead and the existing 30mph speed limit in an easterly direction until it joins up with the existing 30mph speed limit.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • to avoid the 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

  • 19 January 2024

    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 4 March 2024, 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.