The Southern Relief Road is dead in the water.

Swale Borough Council really do care what we think, honestly

After all the rhetoric from Swale Borough Council about keeping all options open, I suppose it will come as no surprise that the only routes considered for a Southern Relief Road all include the Kent Science Park. And wait for it the final basis of the transport model was based on…yes you guessed it the exact same route as proposed by the Kent Science Park back in 2004.

Well at least that saved the planners from actually having to contemplate any planning then.

Latest news

Expansion of the Kent Science Park highly unlikely in the next 20 years according to Swale Borough Council

The Council have stated that inclusion of the Kent Science Park within the Core Strategy is a significant risk which could undermine the Core Strategy itself, as deliverability and therefore soundness of the plan as a whole would be compromised.

Costing in excess of £100 million to create just 1,250 local jobs by 2056 is the Sittingbourne Southern Relief Road worth it?

With traffic relief to the town centre its major selling point, and most of the surrounding network predicted to get far worse can this road even be justified on transport grounds?

Finally the evidence that exposes the myths surrounding the benefits of the Southern Relief Road

We can finally put to bed some of the myths that a Sittingbourne Southern Relief Road will be a significant factor in regenerating Swale’s fortunes.

'No more relief roads for another 20 years'

THERE will be no major congestion-busting additions to Sittingbourne's road network over the next 10 years, it has been suggested.

Relief road plans lead to clash over congestion

BUILDING the Sittingbourne Southern Relief Road (SSRR) will not necessarily stop congestion in the borough.