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Part I,U.K. The Concessionaires’ Scheduled Works

In the district of Dover (town of Dover and parishes of Capel-le-Ferne and Hougham Without) and the district of Shepway (town of Folkestone and parishes of Hawkinge, Newington and Saltwood), in the county of Kent—

  • Work No. 1—A railway (3225 metres in length), including a viaduct, commencing by a junction with Work No. 30 at a point 565 metres east of the northern end of the existing bridge carrying the B2065 over the railway between Ashford and Folkestone West, passing by means of the viaduct over the M20 at a point 155 metres north-west of the bridge carrying the bridleway from the A20 at Stone Farm, Newington, to Dibgate Camp and then over the A20 (Work No. 9A), continuing in an easterly direction and terminating at a point 85 metres west of a point on the road known as Castle Hill 170 metres north of its junction with the Castle Hill Roundabout:

  • Work No. 2—A railway (5862 metres in length), commencing by a junction with Work No. 1 at its termination, diverging in a south-westerly direction from that work, then turning in a north-westerly direction to pass under that work in tunnel, then turning in a northerly and then in an easterly direction and terminating by a junction with Work No. 1 at its said termination:

  • Work No. 3—A railway (1146 metres in length), commencing by a junction with Work No. 1 at its termination, passing under Castle Hill and terminating below a point 240 metres west of a point on Canterbury Road 620 metres from its junction with Churchill Avenue:

  • Work No. 4—A railway (8400 metres in length), commencing by a junction with Work No. 3 at its termination, passing in a north-easterly direction under Sugarloaf Hill, then in an easterly and then in a south-easterly direction and terminating below a point on the line of the level of mean high water springs below Shakespeare Cliff 580 metres east of the western portal of the Shakespeare Tunnel of the Railways Board:

Partly in the district of Dover (town of Dover and parish of Hougham Without), in the county of Kent—

  • Work No. 5—A railway (19250 metres in length), commencing by a junction with Work No. 4 at its termination and extending under the English Channel to terminate by a junction with a railway constructed from France:

  • Work No. 6—An adit, commencing at a point on the Old Dover Colliery site 360 metres south-west of the western portal of the said Shakespeare Tunnel, passing in a north-east by easterly direction and terminating by a junction with Work No. 5 at the commencement of that work:

  • Work No. 7—A sea wall between Abbot’s Cliff and the Old Dover Colliery site, commencing at a point on the line of the level of mean high water springs 255 metres south-west by west of the eastern portal of the Abbotscliff Tunnel of the Railways Board, extending seaward in a south-easterly direction to a line near the level of mean low water springs, then turning in an east by north-easterly direction to a point seaward of the Old Dover Colliery site and then turning in a north-easterly direction and terminating at a point on the line of the level of mean high water springs 130 metres south of the western portal of the said Shakespeare Tunnel:

In the district of Shepway (town of Folkestone and parishes of Hythe, Newington and Saltwood), in the county of Kent—

  • Work No. 9A—A diversion of the A20, including a roundabout at its junction with the B2065 (Work No. 10A) commencing at a point 40 metres west of the access from the A20 to Truck’s Hall, passing in a north-easterly and then easterly direction to the said junction with the B2065 at a point 45 metres north of Beachborough Crossroads, thence passing in a south-east by easterly direction to join the line of the existing A20 near its junction with Frogholt Lane, thence in a south-easterly direction, south of the existing A20, and terminating by a junction with that road at a point 520 metres west of its termination at the Cheriton Roundabout:

  • Work No. 9B—A slip road commencing by a junction with Work No. 9A at a point 340 metres south-east of the junction of the existing A20 with Frogholt Lane and terminating by a junction with the existing A20 at a point 30 metres west of the junction of that road with Newington Road:

  • Work No. 9C—An access road commencing by a junction with the existing A20 at a point 850 metres west of its said termination, passing in a north-easterly and then easterly direction and terminating at the bridge forming part of Work No. 9D:

  • Work No. 9D—An access road, including a bridge over the railway (Work No. 2), commencing by a junction with Work No. 9C at its termination and terminating at a point 60 metres north of the building known as Longport:

  • Work No. 9E—An access road comprising a slip road, including a crossing over the A20 as diverted (Work No. 9A), commencing by a junction with the northern carriageway of the M20 at a point 170 metres east of the bridge carrying over that road the bridleway from Saltwood to the A20 at Stone Farm, Saltwood, passing in a north-east by easterly, easterly and then south-easterly direction, crossing Work No. 9A at a point 720 metres west of its termination, thence passing in an easterly and then northerly direction and terminating at a point 70 metres east of the building known as Shelton:

  • Work No. 9F—An access road comprising a slip road, including a crossing over the M20 and the A20 as diverted (Work No. 9A), commencing by a junction with the southern carriageway of the M20 at a point 150 metres east of the said bridge carrying over that road the bridleway from Saltwood to the A20, passing in a north-east by easterly, south-easterly and then easterly direction, crossing the M20 and Work No. 9A at a point 660 metres west of the termination of that work, then passing in a north-east by easterly direction and terminating at a point 160 metres north of the said building known as Longport:

  • Work No. 9G—A slip road commencing by a junction with the A20 as diverted (Work No. 9A) at the roundabout at its junction with the B2065, passing in a westerly, southerly and then easterly direction and terminating by a junction with the slip road (Work No. 9E) at a point 105 metres east of the existing bridge carrying the B2065 over the M20:

  • Work No. 10A—A diversion of the B2065, including a bridge over Works Nos. 9E to 9G and the M20, commencing at a point 220 metres north of Beachborough Crossroads, passing in a southerly direction to the roundabout (part of Work No. 9A), thence in a southerly direction over the slip road (Work No. 9G), the access road (Work No. 9E), the M20 and the access road (Work No. 9F) and terminating at the commencement of Work No. 11:

  • Work No. 11—A diversion of the B2065, including a viaduct over Works Nos. 30 and 30A and the railway between Ashford and Folkestone West (including Work No. 30B), commencing at a point 25 metres south of the southern end of the bridge carrying that road over the M20 and terminating at a point 140 metres south of the southern end of the existing bridge carrying that road over the said railway:

  • Work No. 14—An access road commencing at a point 10 metres west of a point on the access road (Waterworks Lane) leading to the Cherry Garden Reservoir of the Folkestone and District Water Company 220 metres north of the M20, passing in a south-easterly direction and terminating by a junction with the new road (Work No. 34H):

  • Work No. 15—An access road commencing by a junction with Churchill Avenue on its north side at a point 230 metres east of the entrance from that road to Cannon House and terminating at a point on the surface of the ground at the termination of Work No. 3:

  • Work No. 16—A drainage lagoon in the enclosures numbered 0794, 1684, 1085, 0584, 1174, 1136, 0571, 0272, 0576, 0083, 0002, 8200, 8585 and 0095 on the 1/2500 Ordnance Map of Kent, sheets TR1736 and TR1737 (editions of 1971) and TR1836 (edition of 1958) to be formed by an embankment across Seabrook Stream immediately to the east of the footbridge carrying the bridleway from the A20 at Stone Farm to Dibgate Camp across that stream:

In the borough of Ashford (town of Ashford and parishes of Kingsnorth and Sevington), in the county of Kent—

  • Work No. 17—A road comprising dual carriageways, including a bridge over the Ashford to Folkestone West railway, commencing at a roundabout at a point 350 metres south by south-west from the southernmost corner of the moat at Old Boys Hall, passing in an easterly, then north-easterly, direction to cross over that railway at a point 450 metres north-west of the bridge carrying Highfield Lane over that railway, then passing in a northerly direction and terminating by a junction with the slip roads by which the road from Sevington joins Junction No. 10 on the M20, the existing road from that junction to the entrance to Ashford Park at a point 330 metres north-east of the said railway forming part of the northern carriageway of the said dual carriageway road:

  • Work No. 17A—A road commencing by a junction with the roundabout at the commencement of Work No. 17 and terminating, within the entrance to an intended inland clearance depot, at a point 85 metres south-east of that point of commencement.

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