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Select the individual road signs on the timeline above for further information on projects around Chatham.
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A two-year programme of major road and infrastructure improvements started in February 2009. When completed, the work will open up key sites for redevelopment and provide Chatham with extra traffic capacity and easier journeys. The work is paid for by central government funding and builds on the benefits brought about by the replacement of the Chatham ring-road system in 2007. Delivering this remodelled road system is an essential element of the 20-year regeneration programme that will establish Chatham as the commercial and a transformed cultural city centre for Medway. The road improvements have the public support of leading businesses, including Arriva, Tesco and the Pentagon Shopping Centre.
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Planning application for mixed use redevelopment of Queen Street
An outline planning application has been approved for new homes and shops on The Brook on the site of the current Queen Street and Slicketts Hill car parks. In November 2009 people were invited to study and comment on the proposals ahead of the submission of the planning application. The proposals draw on the ambitions of the 2008 Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Brief.
Artist's impressions of the proposed development at Queen Street 
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Waterfront Way/High Street
The new bus and taxi route and refurbishment of the High Street has made the west end of Chatham town centre a much more attractive place to be. This scheme is substantially complete with just the final details to put in place. Thank you for your patience during what has been a long and complex construction process. Waterfront Way is now open to buses, taxis and cycles. | Waterfront Way 
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Waterfront Way
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Construction of new bus, taxi and cycle route
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Open to traffic
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Construction of bus stops
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Bus stops are complete and in use by some services. Shelters will be added and stops brought into full use as part of Chatham’s new bus station.
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Landscaped area east of Waterfront Way
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Construction is under way. Tree planting will take place in next planting season in October
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High Street
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Construction of new pedestrian crossing with Waterfront Way
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Complete and open to use, careful design without guardrails has kept the area as open and unobstructed as possible.
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Refurbishment between Waterfront Way and Railway Street
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Complete and open to use, the scheme is intended to set a standard for future work in the town centre.
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Refurbishment between Waterfront Way and Manor Road
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Substantially complete, this is awaiting completion of street lighting and minor ‘snagging’. Tree planting will take place in next planting season in October.
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High Street/Perrins Site
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Construction of turning area and new planted areas
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Construction is under way.
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Sir John Hawkins Car Park
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Temporary bus route removed and refurbishment of car park
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The refurbished car park is complete and open for use. The car park extension in final stages of construction.
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Improvements to Union Street
This is a key scheme for the regeneration of Chatham town centre. Widening and straightening Union Street and improving its junctions with New Road, Best Street, High Street and the Brook will increase traffic capacity for existing road users and allow future regeneration. New and improved public spaces will be created on the High Street and Best Street and improved crossings provided for pedestrians. Work started in April and, subject to the uncertainties of construction, is expected to be complete in the autumn. Temporary traffic management will be needed during the works and while we aim to keep any impact to a minimum, please allow extra time for journeys through this area. For your safety and that of our workforce and to reduce delay, please follow the signed traffic management arrangements. | A computer-generated image of Union Street
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Queen Street car park
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Set up contractors' site compound
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The eastern part of Queen Street car park has been closed to provide a secure site for the contractors compound. This will be in place for the duration of these works and those planned for the Brook later this year.
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Former Union Street car park
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Construction of a brick-faced retaining wall adjacent to Gala Bingo to support the realigned carriageway
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Construction is under way.
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Land raising and laying of new drainage and services in preparation for constructing new carriageway
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Construction is under way.
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High Street
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Site clearance
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Work is in progress.
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Best Street
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Site clearance and removal of old planters
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Work is in progress.
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New Road
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Refurbishment between Waterfront Way and Manor Road
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Work is in progress.
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Improvements to The Brook
The Brook, Chatham 
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Once the road improvements are completed, The Brook provides the opportunity to introduce a wider variety of homes into the heart of Chatham. These will provide the benefits of city living close to shops, restaurants and cultural facilities, combined with easy access to open spaces, including the Great Lines Heritage Park.
High-quality public realm and improved pedestrian crossings on The Brook are crucial to ensure that the residential quarter will be well connected to the town centre. |
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Chatham Dynamic Bus Facility - enabling works
These works are the first phase of constructing the new bus station for Chatham town centre, replacing the out-dated and inadequate Pentagon bus station. This first phase of works comprises diverting electricity, water, sewer and telecommunications services that would otherwise be affected. The majority of these will be located in a new service trench. Riverside Rooms will be demolished, a new sewerage pumping station constructed and the Whitehouse will be stripped out in preparation for its later refurbishment. Work started in June and, subject to the uncertainties of construction, this phase is expected to be complete in the autumn. The majority of work will take place within Globe Lane car park but some temporary traffic management will be needed during this phase of works. While we aim to keep any impact to a minimum, please allow extra time for journeys through this area. For your safety and that of our workforce and to reduce delay, please follow the signed traffic management arrangements. | A model of the new bus station 
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Junction of Globe Lane, Medway street, and Waterfront Way
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EDF service diversions to re-route and lower high voltage cables
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Works within the carriageway are complete. Further work across the Medway Street footway will be needed once work on the service trench has started
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Globe Lane car park
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Set up site and contractors' compound
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From 21 June, a large part of the Globe Lane car park and its access from Globe Lane has been closed to enable the construction site to be set-up. The remaining spaces are accessible from Medway Street only. Please note that there is no right turn between Globe Lane and Medway Street and drivers making this turn are committing an offence. You can use alternative routes via the Brook and New Road or via the Medway tunnel. Globe Lane remains open to all northbound traffic heading to the Brook and Dock Road. Alternative parking is available in Chatham town centre and details can be found on Where to park in Chatham.
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Military Road
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Relocate Military Road bus stops to Waterfront Way
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In preparation for service diversions, from 31 May, bus services call at the Waterfront Way stops instead of Military Road. The Military Road stops are no longer used and the shelters will be removed in due course.
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BT service diversions
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Construction is under way.
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Globe Lane/Dock Road junction
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Cable and Wireless service diversions
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Construction of new jointing box is in preparation for service trench – off the public highway.
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Gunwharf Masterplan
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An aerial photograph of the Gun Wharf area 
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Medway Council commissioned a team of consultants to prepare a masterplan for the Gun Wharf area of Chatham.
When adopted, the masterplan will become a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) that will guide development in the Gun Wharf area.
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Best Street/High Street Masterplan Consultation
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Step by step, the exciting transformation of Chatham into a major regional shopping centre is progressing.
The proposed masterplan, which highlights extra shopping space covering the equivalent of three football pitches, was recently approved for consultation by Medway Council's Cabinet. Residents will be able to make their comments on the master plan from 7 June to 19 July 2010 online and at the Central Theatre in High Street, Chatham.
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A computer-generated image of the Masterplan area 
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For current and planned roadworks information please visit: http://medway.elgin.gov.uk.
Throughout these complex infrastructure works, traders and residents will have access to clear and reliable information about the developing schedule. You can keep up-to-date by visiting this page and reading Medway Matters, which goes to all homes in Medway.
As the programme develops, a series of newsletters and flyers will be distributed to the people most affected by each phase of the work. In addition, information is available from Medway Council’s Customer First team. Find out more by phoning 01634 334567, emailing customer.first@medway.gov.uk or visiting http://chathamcentre.medwayrenaissance.com/?p=p_7&sName=Creating-Chatham's-Future-Together.
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Relevant documents:
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- Chatham Public Realm Strategy Consultation Draft 2007 (pdf 9,592KB) This has been incorporated into the adopted Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Brief Supplementary Planning Document.
- Chatham Waterfront Report Consultation Draft 2007 (pdf 7,006KB) This has been incorporated into the adopted Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Brief Supplementary Planning Document.
- Station Gateway Report Consultation Draft 2007 (pdf 9,534KB) This has been incorporated into the adopted Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Brief Supplementary Planning Document.
- The Brook Report Consultation Draft 2007 (pdf 10,113KB) This has been incorporated into the adopted Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Brief.
- Chatham Sustainability Appraisal (pdf 8,672KB) This has been incorporated into the adopted Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Brief.
- Pentagon Centre Development Brief (pdf 1,184KB) This was adopted September 2005.
- Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Framework (pdf 3,920KB) This was adopted in June 2004 as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG).
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