To: Swale Joint Transportation Board

By: KCC Highways and Transportation

Date: 17th December 2018

Subject: Highway Works Programme 2018/19

Classification: Information Only

Summary: This report updates Members on the identified schemes approved for construction in 2018/19

1. Introduction

This report provides an update and summarises schemes that have been programmed for delivery in 2018/19

Footway and Carriageway Improvement Schemes – see Appendix A

Drainage Repairs & Improvements – see Appendix B

Street Lighting – see Appendix C

Traffic Systems – see Appendix D

Developer Funded Works – see Appendix E

Transportation and Safety Schemes – see Appendix F

Public Rights of Way – see Appendix G

Bridge Works – see Appendix H

Member Highway Fund – see Appendix I

Pothole Blitz – see Appendix J

Conclusion

1. This report is for Members information.

Contact Officers:

The following contact officers can be contacted on 03000 418181

Kirstie Williams Highway Manager (Mid) Alan Blackburn Swale District Manager Alan Casson Road & Footway Asset Manager Earl Bourner Drainage and Structures Manager Sue Kinsella Street Lighting Manager Toby Butler Intelligent Transport Systems Manager Andrew Hutchinson Transportation, PROW and Safety Schemes Nick Abrahams Economic Development Appendix A – Footway and Carriageway Improvement Schemes

The delivery of these schemes is weather dependent; should it prove not possible to carry out these works on the planned dates, new dates will be arranged and the residents will be informed by a letter drop to their homes.

Machine Resurfacing – Contact Officer Byron Lovell

Road Name Parish Extent of Works Current Status

To be reviewed once A2 St Michael’s Rd Forum to Crown Quay Lane Spirit of Sittingbourne works are complete Millennium Way to junction with To be programmed early A250 High St Victoria Street 2019

A250 Millennium 50m each approach to High To be programmed early Sheerness Way Street 2019 The Billet PH for a distance of To be programmed early A2 Road Sittingbourne 100m easterly towards 2019 Sittingbourne Town Centre Between Adelaide Drive and To be programmed early A2 London Road Sittingbourne Lydbrook Close 2019

Footway Improvement - Contact Officer Neil Tree

Extent and Description of Road Name Parish Current Status Works

From No. 51 to Priory Row only. Reedland Crescent Completed (Footway Protection Treatment)

Surface Treatments - Contact Officer Clive Lambourne

Micro Surfacing

Road Name Parish Extent of Works Current Status

The Street Oare Oare Road to Cole Gates Road Completed

Selling Road Selling Monica Close to Sondes Court Completed

Between Kettle Hill Road and Otterden Road Completed Kettle Hill Road (Eastling) Extents Through junction to Halstow Lane Completed Twinney Lane

From Grove Road to Selling Perry Wood Selling Completed Road

Between Napleton Road and South Road Faversham Completed Bridge Road

From Stockers Hill to Bottles Cheney Hill Completed Lane

From Belnor Avenue to Stickfast Parsonage Lane Bobbing Completed Lane

Hartlip M2 bridge to Old House Lane Completed Bull Lane

Postponed until 2019 Bank Street Faversham Whole Length

Surface Treatments - Contact Officer Clive Lambourne

Surface Dressing

Road Name Parish Extent of Works Current Status

New House Lane to Salters Ashford Road Completed Lane Whitstable Road (& Graveney Whole Length Completed Road) Bagshill Road to Shottenden Ashford Road Badlesmere Completed Road

School Lane Borden Whole Length Completed

Vicarage Lane to Crouch Selling Road Selling Completed Lane

Minister on Plough Road Whole Length Completed Sea Appendix B – Drainage Repairs & Improvements

Drainage Repairs & Improvements - Contact Officer Earl Bourner

Road Name Parish Description of Works Current Status Re-shape driveway, cleanse the Committed passed to Tunstall Swale system. Install new gullies at the contractor December school Road junction with Woodstock road break

Farm Order raised no date planned Swale Install new soakaway Crescent yet.

New crated soakaway to be Bell Road Swale installed in conjunction with Planning stage Southern water

Appendix C – Street Lighting

Structural testing of KCC owned street lights has identified the following as requiring replacement. A status of complete identifies that the column replacement has been carried out. Programme dates are identified for those still requiring replacement.

Street Lighting Column Replacement – Contact Officer Sue Kinsella

Road Name Parish Description of Works Status

Fonblanque Works awaiting Replacement of 2 no street Road Sheerness programming- lights complete with LED Lanterns Replacement of 2 no street Attlee Way Sittingbourne lights complete with LED Completed Lanterns Replacement of 1 no street Benstead Grove Faversham light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Borden Lane Sittingbourne light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Canterbury Road Sittingbourne light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Halfway Road Sheerness light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Lavender Court Sittingbourne light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street

Millfield light complete with LED Completed Sittingbourne Lantern Replacement of 2 no street Works awaiting Dover Road Sittingbourne lights complete with LED programming Lanterns Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Miller Court Minster light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Wills Court Minster light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Cromwell Road Sheerness light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Lower Road Minster light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 3 no street Seaside Avenue Minster lights complete with LED Completed Lanterns

Replacement of 5 no street Works awaiting London Road Newington lights complete with LED programming Lanterns

Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Minster Drive Minster light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street St Michaels Sittingbourne light complete with LED Completed Road Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Ufton Lane Sittingbourne light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Willis Court Sheppey light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street London Road light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Fairview Road Sittingbourne light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Mountview Borden light complete with LED Completed Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Bonham Drive Sittingbourne light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Southview Works awaiting Sheerness light complete with LED Gardens programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Peregrine Drive Sittingbourne light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Works awaiting Boyces Hill Newington light complete with LED programming Lantern Replacement of 1 no street Staplestreet Works awaiting Faversham light complete with LED Road programming Lantern

Appendix D – Traffic Systems

There is a programme of scheduled maintenance to refurbish life expired traffic signal equipment across the county based upon age and fault history. The delivery of these schemes is dependent upon school terms and holiday periods; local residents, businesses and schools will be informed verbally and by a letter drop of the exact dates when known.

Traffic Systems - Contact Officer: Toby Butler

Location Description of Works Current Status

A2 London Road near St Michaels Refurbishment of pedestrian Proposed March 2019 Road crossings

Appendix E – Developer Funded Works

Developer Funded Works (Section 278 Works)

File Ref. Description of Road Name Parish Works Current Status Provision of New End of Junction /Access for SW/2047 School Lane Iwade Maintenance Housing Works underway Development Provision of Works Completed Land at Chequers Footway./Junction for SW/3038 Doddington Serving Hill Doddington Housing Maintenance period Development Works Completed Cof E Provision of Revised Serving SW/003028 School Water Lane Ospringe Vehicle Access Maintenance Faversham Period New School access Works Completed Tunstall Road Traffic calming Serving SW/3027 Tunstall Tunstall changes and footway Maintenance Connection Period New access to Minster on Technical Design SW/003055 Scocles Court Private Housing Sea Approved development Sittingbourne New access for Stage 3 Safety Community SW/003056 Sittingbourne School bus drop off Audit works to be College Canterbury park carried out Road Provision of New Sheppey Way Junction/Access for SW/003025 Iwade Works Underway Iwade Housing Development Provision of Private Power Station Housing Minster on Agreement being SW/3046 Road Halfway development Sea prepared Sheppey Junction and Traffic Calming Provision of Private Housing Nova Graveney Technical Vetting SW003094 Faversham development Road Faversham underway Junction and Pedestrian Crossing Reconstruction of 34-40 SW/3043 existing lay-by as Works Underway Road new Footway Works Completed Provision of New Serving SW/003054 Ceres Court Sittingbourne Housing site access Maintenance road Period Works Completed Provision of New The Old Dairy Serving SW/003047 Sheppey entrance to Private Halfway Maintenance Housing Site Period Provision of New Parsonage House Access to Housing Agreement in place SW003048 School Lane Newington site and Traffic works underway Newington Calmed footway crossing Stage 3 Safety Sunny View Provision of entrance Audit works to be Minster on SW/003049 Scocles Road to Private Housing carried out to Sea Minster Site enable Certificate 1. Provision of New Love Signalised Junction Initial design SW/003050 Lane/Graveney Faversham to A2 Junctions to submission Road Faversham Love Lane/Graveney received Road Spirit of Sittingbourne Provision of Revised SECTION 3 Milton Highway Layouts For Agreement in place SW/003051 Sittingbourne Rd, St Michaels Rd New Cinema -M/S works underway -Town Centre Car Park- Highway Revisions Spirit of Sittingbourne Provision of Revised SECTION 4 Highway Layouts for Letter of Station St, St Sittingbourne New Cinema -M/S Agreement in place SW/003063 Michaels Rd -Town Car Park-Access - Works Underway Centre Highway Works Revisions Spirit of Provision of Revised Sittingbourne Letter of Highway Layouts for SW/003071 SECTION 5 West Sittingbourne Agreement in place New Cinema -M/S St, Station St - - Works Underway Car Park Town Centre Highway Revisions

Spirit of Sittingbourne SECTION 6 Provision of Revised Letter of SW/003057 Eurolink Way Sittingbourne Highway Access for Agreement in place Retail Access - Retail Park - Works Underway Town Centre Highway Revisions Spirit of Sittingbourne Provision of Pelican Letter of SECTION 6 Milton Crossing Upgrade for SW/003058 Sittingbourne Agreement in place Road -Town Existing Zebra - Works Underway Centre Highway Crossing Revisions Provision of New Works Completed Eurolink Phase 5 Industrial Estate Serving SW/003052 Swale Way Great Sittingbourne Road Junction Arm Maintenance Easthall to Existing Period Roundabout Provision of Revised Initial Design Barge Way SW/003053 Sittingbourne Access Arm from Submission Existing Roundabout Received. Provision of revised 109-111 traffic calming and SW/003035 Staplehurst Road Sittingbourne vehicle access for Works Underway Sittingbourne Housing developments Provision of revised Works Completed Attlee Way/Wyvern traffic calming and Serving SW/003026 Close Milton vehicle access for Maintenance Sittingbourne Housing Period developments Revision of Vehicle Works complete Dover Street Access to Lidl Store SW/0033024 Sittingbourne awaiting Safety Sittingbourne and footway Audit revisions Works Completed Provision of new Thistle Hill Way Minster on Serving SW/003029 Primary School Exit Minster Sheppey Sea Maintenance and Footpath Period Spirit of Sittingbourne Provision of Revised SECTION 4 Highway Layouts For Station St, St Agreement in place SW003077 Sittingbourne New Cinema -M/S Michaels Rd -Town works underway Car Park-Access Centre Highway Works Revisions (FULL AGREEMENT) Works Completed Grove Ave/The Revision of Surface Serving SW/003033 Promenade Leysdown Water Drainage Maintenance Leysdown on Sea Period Provision of Right Agreement in Otterham Quay SW/003040 Upchurch Turn Lane / Junction place, Works Lane Upchurch and Footway for underway Housing Development

Works Completed Provision of footway Larkrise Conyer Serving SW/003041 Teynham to Small Housing Road Conyer Maintenance Development Period Works Completed Provision of Access Selling Road Serving SW/003034 Faversham into Proposed Public Faversham Maintenance House/Restaurant Period Provision of Revised Works Completed Wyvern Close Footway and Access Serving SW/003036 Milton Sittingbourne to Housing Maintenance Development Period Provision of Revised Old Water Works Footway and Access Technical Vetting of SW/003032 Site Rook Lane Bobbing to Housing Design Submission Bobbing Development Revision of existing SW/003068 footways to Canterbury Road Agreement being Sittingbourne proposed Sittingbourne Prepared Retirement Home frontage Provision of New Old Brickworks Design Approved Roundabout Access SW/003067 Western Link Faversham Agreement being for Housing Faversham prepared. Development Provision of Vehicle access and new School Lane Technical Vetting of SW/003074 footway connection Bapchild Design Submission for small housing development Rushenden Road Provision of New Agreement in place SW/003069 Queenborough Queenborough Access for Housing works underway Sheppey Development Provision of Access Road to new Ham Road Oare Housing Technical Vetting of SW/003081 Faversham Road Faversham Development and Design Submission Revision of Ham Road from Junction Technical Vetting of Provision of Access Design Submission Road Road to new SW/003082 Ospringe complete Ospringe Housing Agreement Development instructed Provision of Junction Letter of Eurolink Way Access Road to new Agreement in SW/003084 Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Housing Place.Works Development Underway Provision of temporary Letter of Brogdale Road SW/003085 Faversham construction access Agreement in place Ospringe for housing works programmed development Provision of Footway Lower Road Technical Vetting SW/003086 Teynham for small Housing Teynham underway Development

Provision of A251 Ashford Rd & Roundabout access Agreement in place SW/003087 A2 London Rd Faversham to Housing Works underway Faversham Development Agreement in place Leysdown Road Provision of revised Works programme SW/003088 Eastchurch access for Wind to be Agreed for Sheppey Farm reinstatement Provision of Access Letter of A2 High St for new small SW/003089 Newington Agreement in place Newington Housing Works underway Development Provision of Access Letter of Minster Road for new small SW/003090 Minster Agreement in place Minster Sheppey Housing Works programmed Development

Eurolink Way, Footway Access to Agreement in place SW/003091 Milton Road Sittingbourne Retail Development works underway Sittingbourne

New Access and Letter of Castle Road SW/003092 Sittingbourne footway to Industrial Agreement in place Sittingbourne Units works underway Temporary North St Milton Construction Access Agreement in place SW003096 Sittingbourne Regis for proposed School Works underway Drop Off facility Traffic Calming/Footway Oak Lane Design Technical SW003103 Upchurch Access to Small Upchurch Vetting underway Housing Development Spirit of Traffic Calming and Sittingbourne access to new Design Technical SW003104 Sittingbourne Section 1 St Housing Vetting underway Michaels Road development Spirit of Sittingbourne Traffic Calming and Section 2 St access to new Design Technical SW003105 Sittingbourne Michaels Housing Vetting underway Road/Dover development Street/Fountain St Frontage Footway Chequers Road and Access for Small Design Technical SW003108 Minster Minster Sheppey Housing Vetting underway development Spirit of Street Lighting Sittingbourne Submission for Design Approved SW00109 Street Lighting Sittingbourne Overall Sprit of Letter of Michaels Sittingbourne Agreement in Place Road/Dover Schemes Street/Fountain St Milton Road

Spirit of Fountain Street Sittingbourne Design Technical Sw003110 Sittingbourne turning Area Retaining Wall Vetting Underway Retaining Wall Fountain St Minor road widening Corner and access for small Design Technical SW003113 Leaveland Faversham housing Vetting Underway development North Footway works to Design Technical SW003114 Lane/Partridge Faversham Brewery Visitor Vetting Underway Lane Faversham Centre New vehicle access Regis House New and footway to Design Technical SW003115 Sheerness Road Sheerness industrial Vetting Underway development Permanent School North Street Milton Design Technical SW003117 Sittingbourne Drop-off facility and Regis Vetting Underway Zebra crossing Traffic Signal Stones Farm A2 Junction and Access Initial Design SW003141 Canterbury Road Bapchild for Private Housing Submission Bapchild Development New Crown Quay lane Vehicle/Pedestrian Agreement being SW003188 Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Access for Housing prepared Development site Highway Drainage Admirals Walk and Access works for Initial Design SW003191 Halfway Halfway Sheppey new Housing Submission Development Appendix F – Transportation and Safety schemes

The Schemes Planning & Delivery Team is implementing schemes within District, to meet County Council’s strategic targets (for example, addressing traffic congestion, or improving road safety). Contact Officer – Paul Brand

CASUALTY REDUCTION MEASURES Identified to address a known history of personal injury crashes

Road Name Parish Description of Works Current Status Church Hill Signing and lining Works completed, pending junction with Doddington scheme inspection. Chequers Lane

INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SCHEMES Local Transport Plan funded non-casualty reduction schemes

Road Name Parish Description of Works Current Status Further design options are now Junction being investigated as the latest A2 / A251 Faversham improvement, to ease traffic modelling has identified long junction term capacity issues with both the congestion. existing design options

Works complete for all roads covered by original order. Speed Various roads Traffic signs for 20 Queenborough limit order for additional roads in in Halfway and miles per hour speed Halfway – St Katherine Road, and Sheerness Queenborough limit. Danley Road and Filer Road – now sealed. Sign designs in preparation.

EXTERNALLY FUNDED TRANSPORT SCHEMES

Road Name Parish Description of Works Current Status Reversal of one-way High Street / restriction on Central Central Sittingbourne Avenue and associated Works ordered awaiting Avenue, roadspace. works, including relaying Sittingbourne paving blocks. New advance warning sign for height limit Head Hill Goodnestone under Faversham Road Works ordered. railway bridge, Seasalter. Appendix G – Public Rights of Way

Public Rights of Way – Contact Officer – David Fleck Path No Parish Description of Works Current Status ZR147 – Tunstall Surface improvements- Contractor Contract awarded West of dismissed. (Did not complete Start October 2018 Tunstall works) Road

Appendix H – Bridge Works

Bridge Works – Contact Officer Earl Bourner

Road Name Parish Description of Works Current Status

No works planned

Highway Improvement Schemes Progress Report

Appendix I – Combined Member Grant

Combined Member Grant programme update for Swale Borough Council

The following schemes are those which have been approved for funding by both the relevant Member and by the Director of Highways, Transportation and Waste. The list only includes schemes, which are

 in design  at consultation stage  Handed over for delivery  Recently completed on site.

The list is up to date as of 16th November 2018

The details given below are for highway projects only. This report does not detail  Contributions Members have made to other groups such as parish councils  Highway studies  Traffic / non-motorised user surveys funded by Members.

More information on the schemes listed below can be found by contacting the District Manager for the Swale District. Appendix J – Pothole Blitz

Pothole Blitz 2018/19 Swale District

Around 100 roads treated in total across the District, including these as below where the value of work completed at each site was greater than £5,000

Newton Road Faversham Thistle Hill Way Minster Lower Road Minster Broad Street Sheerness Horseless Road ( Hickmans Green ) Boughton Ferry Road Leysdown Athelstan Road Faversham Danley Road Halfway The Ridgeway Boughton Selling Road (South of M2) Selling Highstreet Road Dargate Road Hernhill London Road A2 Faversham Ospringe Street A2 Faversham South Street Boughton London Road A2 Upchurch London Road A2 Newington High Street A2 Newington Baldwin Road Minster Stickfast Lane Bobbing Kingsnorth Road Faversham Bell Farm Road Minster Marsh Lane Teynham Ospringe Road Faversham Langley Road Sittingbourne Brewery Road Sittingbourne Old House Lane Newington Riddles Road Sittingbourne Newman Drive Kemsley Forty Acres Hill Minster Lower Road Eastchurch Nobel Court Faversham Oak Lane Minster Bashford Barn Lane