A motorway slip road is to close again as work continues on the multi-million-pound Stockbury flyover project.

The M2 junction 5 London-bound exit slip, near Sittingbourne, will shut next week.

It is so work can take place on building a new London-bound exit slip for junction 5.

The closure will begin at 8pm on Friday, October 27, and last until 5am on Monday, October 30.

A diversion will be in place via the M2 coastbound, A229, M20 and back up the A249.

Meanwhile, next week the project will reach another milestone, with 18 beams to be lifted into place on the roundabout, forming part of the base for the new flyover.

They will be lifted onto the supports, known as abutments, which have been built on the Sittingbourne side of the roundabout.

For more on roadworks affecting journeys across Kent in the coming week, click here.

National Highways has confirmed there will be no additional closures for the works, which will see a large crane stationed at the site.

Speaking on Monday (October 23), they say the beams have already started to arrive on site, and will continue to do so today, tomorrow and Wednesday.

The same work took place on the Maidstone side in August – you can view timelapse footage of the work here.

The construction is the latest stage in the £92 million project.

Once completed, currently estimated by 2025, the improvements will see a flyover built at junction 5 of the M2 at Stockbury, for drivers travelling between Maidstone and Sittingbourne/Sheppey.

Elsewhere on the A249, a five-month road closure remains in place on the Maidstone-bound carriageway between the Stockbury roundabout and Rumstead Lane.

Part of the Stockbury roundabout is also shut, meaning traffic wanting to travel from Maidstone and the M2 coastbound slip, towards the M2 London-bound and Maidstone, is being diverted via Bobbing roundabout.

There have also been reports of traffic chaos closer to Sheppey, with lane closures as a result of works to revamp the Grovehurst roundabout.

That project is separate from the Stockbury scheme, and being overseen by Kent County Council.