{"id":56040,"date":"2015-03-27T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=25d3f79617af094c9b19f0e641f5973a"},"modified":"2015-03-27T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:49:51","slug":"press-release-a21-tonbridge-to-pembury-dualling-work-to-start-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=56040","title":{"rendered":"Press release: A21 Tonbridge to Pembury dualling work to start in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A 2.5 mile section of the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury in Kent will be upgraded from single to dual carriageway, adding a lane in each direction, upgrading junctions and improving the road layout. <\/p>\n<p>Preparatory work on the scheme has been underway since winter 2014 and it is anticipated that the scheme will be fully complete by spring 2017.<br \/>\nHighways Agency Project Manager Graham Link said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The A21 is a vital route linking the region to the M25 and London. The new section will provide much needed capacity to reduce congestion and will also improve safety with a better road layout and new junctions provided.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The work will start in mid-April and traffic management measures will be necessary. Specific details of these will be available closer to the time<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways Agency Information Line on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways Agency press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main construction work on a much-needed scheme to provide vital extra capacity on the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury in Kent will start next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}