Breedon appointed surfacing contractor for A47 Tuddenham project
Essential construction materials provider Breedon Group plc has been announced as the surfacing contractor for the A47 North Tuddenham to Easton project in Norfolk, and will lay 195,000 tonnes of asphalt along the new East Anglia road. The £250m project, being delivered by Galliford Try for National Highways, involves constructing a new 9km dual carriageway between Norwich and Dereham, […]
Norfolk: Average speed cameras installed on A47
Average speed cameras have been installed on a Norfolk trunk road that has a history of fast driving, injuries and fatal crashes. National Highways reduced the speed of the A47 Acle Straight, east of Norwich, in April from 60mph to 50mph (96km/h to 80km/h) to improve safety, says the BBC. However, Adrian Clothier, engineering team […]
Norfolk: A47 road scheme on track to finish next spring
A smooth new surface has been laid on the A47 between Blofield and North Burlingham – a year on from work starting on the £90m road dualling project. Meanwhile, 12 huge new beams weighing 35 tonnes each have been lifted into place for a new bridge, which will ultimately take traffic from Blofield to join […]
Ro(a)dent safety: Highway voles thriving in new habitat as £300m dualling scheme progresses
A colony of voles on one of Norfolk’s busiest highways has settled into a new life after relocation as an important road scheme enters its second year of construction – and work commences on the new River Tud road crossing. National Highways is on track on a huge project to dual the busy A47 from […]
Horrendous and frustrating: The true cost of roadworks
Two examples from opposite sides of the country have highlighted the true and often hidden cost of roadworks. Firstly, the landlord of a much-loved Norfolk pub said “horrendous” roadworks have cost the business a quarter of its usual trade. According to Paul Sandford, owner of the Railway Tavern in Dereham, the closures to the A47 […]
Major safety boost for A47 ‘Acle Straight’
A key route linking Norwich and Great Yarmouth will benefit from a new scheme which aims make the road safer for road users and those living nearby. Work started today (Mon 17 March) on improvements to the A47 Acle Straight, designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce the number of […]
£200m Norfolk road scheme gets government approval
Norwich residents are set to see faster journeys and thousands of new homes and jobs in the region as ministers approve the long delayed A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction scheme, the government has announced. Backed by over £200 million, this road development will significantly speed up journey times, reduce pressure on the junction and save commuters, businesses […]
National Highways hails safety boost for A47
Work has got underway on improvements to the A47 designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the strategic road network. The safety scheme features the installation of 20 new average speed safety cameras and associated signage along the A47 between Peterborough […]
Views sought on cutting A-road’s 60mph speed limit
Views are being sought on plans to cut the speed limit along stretches of a major road through Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for safety reasons. National Highways wants to reduce the speed limit on the A47 from 60mph to 50mph on single carriageway sections due to the number of collisions in which people were hurt or […]
MP promises to fight Great Yarmouth roundabout decision
The MP for Great Yarmouth says he will fight plans to scrap the £50m Vauxhall roundabout upgrade in the town after the Chancellor said the scheme did not provide “clear value for money”. The BBC quotes Reform’s Rupert Lowe as telling the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “The new Vauxhall roundabout scheme has been axed by […]