JOR ROAD works are soon to get underway on the
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Kent epoch to the Dartford Tunnel, as the Thames crossing prepares off for an eventual 100 per cent increase in traffic when it bones a vital link in the M25 orbital motorway.
Vidth restrictions for larger ries will come into force on rch 7. From 10am, lorries )r 8ft 6ins (2.6m) wide will not allowed to use the southid tunnel, going away from ;ex.
his restriction will be relaxed Rft 6in (2.9m) after a month, en northbound restrictions I commence. Advance road ns will be posted to warn rers of any diversions.
'reparation work for the M25 c will be carried out over the rt four years and will include following: reconstruction of existing toll plaza carriagey, reconstruction and upgradof the carriageway through Princes Road Interchange, Ming of the number of toll 3ths each way from six to 12, 1 the widening of the Kent aplach road between Princes ad Interchange and the toll za to dual three-lane carriageys with hard shoulders.
he tunnel will remain open oughout the work except for a short period one night when a new footbridge will be lowered into position above the Kent approach road. The date of this has not yet been fixed, but will probably be during this Autumn. Bob Daniels, chairman of the Dartford Tunnel Joint Committee looking after the tunnel for both Kent and Essex County Councils, said: "The lorry drivers are very important customers of ours and we will do everything possible to ensure they get the earliest warning of restrictions that might prevent them using the tunnel.