Phased worked minimises disruption in Thameside town.
Our impact
3.4m
Cost of project
82weeks
Duration of scheme
3
Number of schools involved in hoardings project
The station concourse was redesigned to incorporate a drop-off point, disabled parking and new taxi rank.
Improving traffic flows
Jackson used this key road scheme to not only improve traffic flows in the transport quarter of Gravesend in Kent but also involve local school children in an innovative heritage street art project.
The works were conducted in phases to minimise disruption with the first phase focusing around Gravesend station. The existing one-way road was re-aligned and widened to form a two-way road and new junctions were constructed.
The station concourse was redesigned to incorporate a drop-off point, disabled parking and new taxi rank.
New pedestrian crossings, street lighting and signage schemes were incorporated within the scheme.
Balancing act: Vehicle movements are restricted to protect wildlife including over-wintering as well as nesting birds.
The street art project depicted 500 years of Gravesend’s history
History and heritage
The Jackson team was also involved in a host of social value activities led by our Stakeholder Liaison Officer Carole Jones.
During the project, Jackson and Gravesham Borough Council (GBC) teamed up with local schools and businesses to brighten up the area around the site compound by undertaking a street art project depicting 500 years of Gravesend’s history.
The initiative linked with an exciting heritage project that GBC was overseeing in the town.
Street art
The project was led by professional artists 1717Alliance in collaboration with Northfleet Technology College, Thamesview and St. George’s schools.
Jackson funded the cost of the paints for the artists and schools while some of our suppliers also donated materials for the project.
The finished works looked stunning and the boards were mounted on the site hoarding in the town centre. The artists followed up the project by giving a talk to the schools about street art.
Artist worked with schoolchildren to decorate site hoardings
