National Highways has been working hard since 2022 to improve J28 of the M25 and A12, which connects the capital with Essex.
With the construction phase now complete, a host of dignitaries and stakeholders were invited to celebrate the milestone and reflect on what came before the laying of the motorway. 
This included a poignant unveiling of a plaque in memory of an airman who tragically died in 1937, when the site was used as an airfield.