Author: Irene - Parish Clerk

IMPORTANT ROADWORKS INFORMATION 21 October 2024

Bluekiln Road and South Lane, Dallington

Dear Resident,

Balfour Beatty is working in partnership with East Sussex County Council to manage the highways service across East Sussex. As part of this, we will be carrying out works to the drainage system in order to alleviate flooding risk on Bluekiln Road and South Lane, Dallington.

When do they start?

Work will be carried out from Monday 25 November 2024 to Friday 20 December 2024 between 9am and 4pm.

We will inform you of any changes to the dates or times via advanced warning signs on site.

What are we doing?

These works involve improvements to the drainage system on the carriageway to alleviate the risk of flooding.

How will this impact highway users?

The team will be working on both South Lane and Bluekiln Road, as well as the junction connecting the two roads.

Access will be restricted for residents for the duration of these works.

Traffic for South Lane will be diverted via the B2096 and A271, Herrings Rad and vice versa.

Traffic for Bluekiln Road will be diverted via Padgham Lane, Churches Green Lane, Bodle Street Road, Rookery Lane, B2096, South Lane and vice versa.

If you need vehicle access to your property, please discuss this with the team on site. Please bear in mind there will be delays whilst the area is made safe and your vehicle is escorted by site marshalls. Access for emergency vehicles will be maintained at all times.

Information for residents and businesses

Parking: If required, we will put out ‘no parking’ signs and cones on the site to advise where parking is restricted. Please avoid parking in these locations as it will delay our works.

Weather: All of these works are subject to favourable weather conditions, for example heavy rain may affect the progress of the works.

Properties close to the carriageway may experience a temporary disturbance as this can be a noisy process and those properties may experience flashing lights and reversing sirens.

We would like to take this opportunity to apologise in advance for any inconvenience or disruption this work may cause, however this forms part of our continuing improvement for the East Sussex highway network. Should you have any concerns regarding these works, you can contact us at [email protected].

For information on roadworks and journey planning, visit One.Network. Please follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @esccroads or Facebook @EastSussexHighways for updates. If you would like to know more about East Sussex Highways and what we do, please visit our website www.eastsussexhighways.com.

Thank you,

East Sussex Highways

Map of works area and diversion route

Dear Stakeholder

Please find below details of works being carried out on the A21/A25.

We’re fully refurbishing the deck of the Westerham Road overbridge that goes over the A21.

Works include:

• waterproofing
• duct and verge replacement
• resurfacing

Closures

To do this work safely, we’ll use a mix of overnight and full weekend closures from Monday 23 September.

We’ll only be closing:

• the bridge deck over the A21
• south or northbound off slips to the bridge

Westbound Riverhead bridge over the A21 and southbound off slip closures

• overnight between 8pm and 6am for 7 consecutive nights from Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September
• weekend closure from 8pm Friday 4 October to 6am Monday 7 October
• overnight 8pm to 6am Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October
• weekend closure from 8pm Friday 15 November to 8pm Sunday 17 November.

During westbound closures there will also be a lane closure on the eastbound side for safety.

Eastbound Riverhead bridge over the A21 and northbound off slip closures

• overnight between 8pm and 6am for 7 consecutive nights from Monday 14 October to Sunday 20 October. On 18, 19 and 20 the closure time starts at 10pm
• weekend closure from 8pm Friday 25 October to 6am Monday 28 October
• overnight between 8pm and 6am between Monday 28 October and Wednesday 30 October
• weekend closure from 8pm Friday 22 November to 8pm Sunday 24 November.

During eastbound closures:

• there will also be a lane closure on the westbound side for safety
• A21 Sevenoaks Bypass north and southbound exit slip roads will also be closed along with a northbound lane closure
• southbound exit slip closure will not be closed during 14 to 18 October closures.

Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can check the latest information on our daily closures page or find live travel information on our Traffic England site. Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network.

Diversions

Westbound diversion

• by Westerham Road southbound entry slip onto the A21 Sevenoaks Bypass
• down to A21 Morleys Roundabout
• back up to Westerham Road northbound exit slip.

Westbound diversion map.

Eastbound diversion

• by Westerham Road northbound entry slip onto the A21 Sevenoaks Bypass
• up to M25 Junction 4
• back to Westerham Road SB exit slip

Eastbound diversion map.

Eastbound closures – non-motorway traffic

There will be a non-motorway traffic diversion during the eastbound closures via the B2211 and the A224.

We will return to complete our works in the Central Reservation in 2025.

To keep up to date with these works, please use the link below to the webpage and scroll down to A21/A25 Riverhead Deck Refurbishment

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/south-east/south-east-maintenance-schemes/

Kind regards

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