Strood: A228 Frindsbury Hill to close for 15 weeks

Medway Council has apologised to residents for the road closure

A stretch of the A228 in Medway will be closed for 15 weeks to complete construction of a new school, the local council has announced.

Frindsbury Hill in Strood, Kent, will close from 11 March until 21 June.

Medway Council said it was to allow the construction of the entrance to the new Maritime Academy school site.

The council apologised to residents and said it had negotiated a reduction in the length of the closure by four weeks with the government.

Councillor Simon Curry from Medway Council said in a statement: "Unfortunately, a full road closure is the only option left to us by the Department for Education if if the new Maritime Academy School is to open on time.

"We recognise the frustration that is felt by local people but this is a complex project involving many different streams of work and it is better to do this all at once rather than in a piecemeal way."

He added that no other planned roadworks, including by utility companies, were being permitted in the area during the closure to mitigate further congestion.

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