A14 near Newmarket closed after flooding

The A14, near Newmarket, is set for a series of overnight closures, starting today (10 June), to safely remove emergency flood water pumps. The A14 has experienced issues with flooding since the start of March following significant heavy rainfall. In all, 15 million litres of water has been pumped from the road near junction 37 over the last […]

Suffolk: Over 220 offences detected during operation using HGV supercab

Police in Suffolk stopped over 200 vehicles, made two arrests and detected more than 220 offences, as part of a recent week-long roads policing operation.   The latest deployment of Operation Tramline saw police provided with an HGV tractor unit by National Highways, which allowed officers to carry out patrols across the county’s strategic road network […]

Suffolk: A12 has UK’s worst surface

The A12 has ranked as having the worst surface quality in the UK last year according to a survey. Transport Focus’ Strategic Roads User Survey for 2022/23 found that the A12, which stretches from Lowestoft in east Suffolk all the way to London, is considered to have the worst surface quality out of all major A roads and motorways […]

Newmarket: Fifty million litres of water pumped off A14

Workers have pumped more than 50 million litres of rainwater off a section of the A14 that has been continually flooded during the last couple of months. There has been disruption since 22 February on the eastbound carriageway, between junctions 37 and 38 at Newmarket on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border. One of three lanes remains closed […]

Haulier complains A14 roadworks are adversely affecting business

A haulier says the replacement of a concrete road surface on the A14 in Suffolk are “causing significant increases in our losses” just as he hopes the industry is picking up. Mark Bennett, from VKVP Haulage in Felixstowe has told the BBC that, “I don’t think we’ve actually seen the worst of it yet,” with […]