A20 eastbound exit slip at Court Wood shut overnight for bridge repairs

The A20 eastbound exit slip road at Court Wood Interchange, leading onto the B2011, is closed as part of an active overnight closure, in force until 05:00 tomorrow, according to the estate's own traffic monitoring instrument that flagged this as a planned authority operation. This closure fits within a much larger, formally ordered programme of works confirmed in a statutory notice published via the Public Notice Portal. According to [2], National Highways Limited has made an Order under Section 14(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 authorising the overnight closure of both carriageways of the A20 between White Horse Hill and Court Wood Interchange, plus all slip roads leading to and from that stretch, along with a 24-hour closure of the adjacent lay-bys. The stated reason is road safety while contractors carry out bridge repairs, according to [2]. The Order came into force on 6 June 2026 and can run for up to eighteen months, though the works themselves are expected to take around four months across two phases, starting on or after Monday 8 June 2026, according to [2]. Overnight closures are capped at a maximum window of 20:00 to 06:00, according to [2]. Traffic affected by the closures is being diverted via the A2 and local authority roads, with signage in place during the works, according to [2]. A separate, older set of Highways Agency plans covering resurfacing work around Dover also describes closures at the same Courtwood Interchange, though that material relates to work scheduled for September (dates unspecified by year) and describes slip road and carriageway closures in phases, including a full closure of the coastbound entry and exit slips at Courtwood Interchange with diversions via the Western Heights Roundabout, according to [1]. It is not established by the material whether this earlier resurfacing scheme is connected to, or has been superseded by, the current bridge repair Order — the two sources describe distinct projects at overlapping locations and cannot be confirmed as the same works. For tonight's closure specifically, the estate's instrument identifies it as an authority-run operation affecting the A20 eastbound exit to the B2011, consistent with the pattern of overnight slip closures described in the statutory Order, according to [2]. Nothing in the material suggests anything irregular here: this is routine, publicly notified engineering work with a clear legal basis, a named National Highways official (I Rosendaal) attached to the Order, and standard contact details for enquiries, according to [2]. There is no indication of unplanned disruption, incident, or discrepancy requiring further attention tonight. The closure is expected to lift at 05:00 as scheduled. What to watch next: whether the resurfacing-related closures described in [1] resurface as a distinct, separately dated round of works once the current bridge-repair phase under the 2026 Order concludes.