A21 Castle Hill-Pembury improvement

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Type: Upgrade to existing road for use by all traffic
Status: In planning or on hold
Authority: Highways Agency
Cost: £ 64 m
Finance: Central Government
Timescale: After 2015
Length: 2.7 km (1.7 miles)

Scheme Outline

Upgrade of the A21 between the A26 near Castle Hill and the Longfield road roundabout near Pembury to a dual carriageway standard. This is one of the most congested sections of road and is a high priority. Longfield road roundabout will be grade separated, giving access to a new regional hospital. This section of road, on average, carries 46,000 vehicles a day.

There will also be another minor road grade separated.

The bypass will be mostly online. An original plan was to re-align the road and make it a dual-carriageway with three lanes in each direction, however this was put off due to environmental concerns.

The bypass is one of the many schemes on the road which, when complete, will create a continuous dual-carriageway from the M25 to Hastings.

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Progress

2 April 2009	Public enquiry is due to take place in summer 2010.
12 June 2009	The statutory processes for the upgrade will be held this September.
15 December 2009	Draft Orders for the improvement were published on 11 December 2009. If required, a Public Inquiry will be held in Summer 2010.
27 March 2010	A 2009 HA newsletter featuring more recent updates of the plan has been added to the site. Note: the scheme is incorrectly labelled the A27 so please ignore it.
14 June 2010	The public enquiry has been postponed pending a financial review in the autumn.
30 October 2010	Following the autumn spending review, the DfT has decided to continue preparatory work on this scheme, with a view to starting construction after 2015.