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 […]
Budget: More details of transport policy released
The Treasury has released more details of highways spending plans after yesterday’s budget. Five schemes on the Strategic Road Network have been scrapped: The dualling of A1 Morpeth to Ellingham (pictured) which received its Development Consent Order in May, the new A5036 Princess Way road in Liverpool, the dualling of the A358 Taunton to Southfields […]
Council to reaffirm opposition to Norwich Western Link
Norwich City Council is set to reaffirm its opposition to a controversial, major new road. The £274m Norwich Western Link (NWL), proposed by Norfolk County Council, would finish a bypass around the city by joining the A47 to the A1067 Fakenham Road. The road has proved newsworthy with objections from government advisers Natural England and […]
Norfolk: A47 dualling work set to begin next week
National Highways’ upgrading of the A47 between Blofield and North Burlingham to dual carriageway to ease congestion and support economic growth in the area is set to commence next week. From Monday 2 September 2024 there will be significant overnight road closures on the A47 from between Cucumber Lane roundabout (also known as Brundall roundabout) […]
Legal challenge halts A47 upgrade
National Highways have confirmed that work on three major safety schemes on the A47 has slowed to a virtual standstill due to an environmental campaigner’s latest legal challenge, says the Eastern Daily Press. Senior officials say the construction work on the projects has been paused, with just ‘pre-construction’ activities ongoing, until the result of Dr […]
A47 road schemes in Norfolk given go-ahead following legal challenge
Three multi-million-pound road schemes aimed at improving safety and reducing journey times around Norwich are a step closer after three Court of Appeal judges upheld the original decisions by the Secretary of State for Transport to grant development consent orders. Today (22 Feb), and following an earlier one-day hearing by the Court of Appeal in […]
A47 upgrade approved
A multi-million-pound project to improve safety and reduce congestion on the A47 in Peterborough has been given the go-ahead by the Transport Minister Huw Merriman. National Highways plans to transform a 1.6-mile single section of the A47 between Wansford and Sutton into a dual carriageway, which is now approved thanks to the granting of a […]
Green light for multi-million-pound scheme to improve the A47
The Transport Secretary has approved plans to build a new dual carriageway on the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton. The Government says it’ll help to improve safety and reduce congestion on one of the country’s most dangerous A roads. National Highways’ £200 million scheme was approved by the Grant Shapps through the granting of […]
Environmental activist launches legal bid to block A47 dualling
A former Green party councillor has begun legal proceedings against the decision to dual a stretch of the A47 in Norfolk. Dr Andrew Boswell claims the decision breaks the government’s own commitments on climate change because it would “increase carbon emissions just when the Government says we must reduce them”. He claims the Government failed to […]
