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East of England Roadworks Update: Monday 31 January – Sunday 6 February

Government Communications (NDS)

28 January 2011

A11 KETTERINGHAM, JUNCTION IMPROVEMENTS UPDATEAs part of the scheme to improve safety at the junction of the A11 and Station Lane near Ketteringham, south of Norwich, there will be an overnight closure of the A11 southbound on Thursday 3 February, 8pm to 6am. There will be a further southbound overnight closure on Monday 7 February at the same times then a northbound carriageway closure overnight on Tuesday 8 February. The closures will be between Thickthorn junction (A11/A47) and Wymondham with a clearly signed diversion route in place via the B1172. The scheme involves closing the central reserve gaps, widening the southbound carriageway of the A11 and amending the Station Lane east junction. There will also be improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists at the junction. The work is being carried out between the hours of 7am and 7pm Mondays to Saturdays, with no traffic management in place on the northbound carriageway between 7am and 9am on weekday mornings. Lane 2 closures are in place on the southbound carriageway 24 hours while work takes place. Completion is expected by end February, weather permitting. A14 CAMBRIDGESHIRE SURVEY WORKWork to survey the drainage system along the whole length of the A14 started on Monday 1 November. The final stage of the survey work is set to start on Wednesday 2 February between Brampton Hut (junction 21) and Spittals Interchange (junction 23), weather permitting. The survey work will take place overnight between 8pm and 6am, Mondays to Fridays, with lane closures as necessary. A14 NEWMARKET MAINTENANCE WORKWork will begin on Monday 31 January to construct a gated crossover in the central reserve barrier on the A14 between junctions 35 and 36 near Newmarket. The work will be carried out overnight between 8pm and 6am Monday to Friday, for five nights. There will be lane 3 closures only while the work is taking place. A120 ESSEX EMERGENCY RESURFACING WORK NEAR BRADWELL Work to resurface 500 metres of the westbound carriageway of the A120 near Bradwell and a small patch on the eastbound carriageway will take place overnight for one night on Monday 31 January between the hours of 8pm and 6am. Temporary traffic signals will be in place to halt traffic either side of the works area and one lane at a time will be convoyed past the works area at slow speed.ONGOING WORK M1 MILTON KEYNES PARAPET REPLACEMENTWork to replace existing parapets on three bridges over the M1 between junctions 13 and 15 near Milton Keynes started on Monday 24 January. The work will be carried out 24 hours a day on Brogborough Interchange (junction 13), Aspley Guise Footpath bridge and Portsfields Farm Access Bridge. There will be lane closures on the M1 at various times with a 50 mph speed limit in place. There will be a single lane closure and a 40 mph speed restriction on the A421 northbound at the Brogborough Interchange – traffic travelling northbound who wish to access the M1 southbound carriageway or the C94 Bedford Road (old A421) will be subject to a diversion via the new A421. Traffic travelling in the southbound direction from Bedford will not be affected. The work is due to be completed by early summer. M1 J10 TO J13 BEDFORDSHIRE – HARD SHOULDER RUNNING SCHEMEThere will be overnight sliproad closures at junctions 11 and 13 during the week beginning Monday 31 January as follows:Monday 31 January: junction 11, northbound exit sliproad; junction 13 northbound exit and entry sliproads; junction 13 southbound ‘up and over’ (traffic diverted off at the junction and then back on, leaving the carriageway underneath clear of traffic)Tuesday 1 – Friday 4 February: junction 11, northbound exit sliproad; junction 13 northbound and southbound ‘up and over’.A contraflow is in operation on the M1 between Junctions 12 and 13. During peak hours three lanes will remain open in both directions. A contraflow remains in operation from north of Junction 11 to Junction 10, diverting a lane of southbound traffic onto the northbound carriageway. Traffic on the northbound carriageway is using the hard shoulder as an additional lane. This allows for three lanes of traffic in each direction during the day whilst work takes place. This will continue until July 2011. There are currently hard shoulder closures between Junctions 11 and 12, with a speed restriction of 50 mph. This 50mph speed restriction is now in place 24 hours a day between Junctions 10 and 13. The enforced 50mph speed limit is there for the safety of the travelling public and the workforce on site. This traffic management is in place for the work on the Hard Shoulder Running scheme to reduce congestion and improve safety on the 15 mile stretch of the M1 in Bedfordshire. Motorists are advised to allow extra time for their journeys whilst the road works are taking place. As part of the scheme, the Highways Agency will also upgrade junctions 11 (Dunstable) and 12 (Toddington).A1 BEDFORDSHIRE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT SCHEME A scheme to replace street lighting on both carriageways of the A1 between the Black Cat roundabout and Sandy began on Monday 6 December. The work will also include installation of safety barriers and maintenance work. It will be carried out during both daytime and night time hours as follows: on the northbound carriageway between 6.30am and 4pm and on the southbound carriageway between 8am and 6.30pm; overnight between 8pm and 6am on both carriageways. There will be lane closures with a temporary 50mph speed restriction in place. From January there will also be side road closures with traffic diversions in place overnight. A1 BEDFORDSHIRE SURVEY WORKWork to survey the drainage system on the A1 between Hail Weston (A1/B645) and Alconbury started on Monday 10 January. The survey work will be carried out between 8pm and 6am, Monday to Friday. While the work is taking place there will be lane closures overnight.A12 LOWESTOFT CONSTRUCTION OF PUFFIN CROSSINGA scheme to install a pedestrian crossing on the A12 in Lowestoft started on Monday 22 November. It will be located on the A12 between Hollingsworth Road junction and Gunton Church Lane junction and is expected to be completed by mid February 2011. Some work will be carried out overnight, weather permitting, between 10pm and 6am, with lane closures controlled by temporary traffic lights and a speed limit of 10mph in place through the works area. A ‘puffin’ crossing uses sensors to detect people on the crossing which then adjust the red traffic signal accordingly. A12 LOWESTOFT JUBILEE WAY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING UPGRADEA scheme to upgrade an existing pedestrian crossing on the A12 over Jubilee Way near Albany Road in Lowestoft started on Monday 24 January. Work will take place on the road at night (between 8pm and 6am) as required, and on the pavements during daytime hours (Mondays 9.30am to 5pm, 8am to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday and Friday 8am to 3.30pm). Ad hoc single lane closures will be used as required for part of the works at night. The scheme is due for completion by the end of March.A12 LOWESTOFT YARMOUTH ROAD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING UPGRADEA scheme to upgrade an existing pedestrian crossing on the A12 over Yarmouth Road near Bellevue Park in Lowestoft started on Monday 24 January. Work will take place on the road at night (between 8pm and 6am) as required, and on the pavements during daytime hours (Mondays 9.30am to 5pm, 8am to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday, and Friday 8am to 3.30pm). Ad hoc single lane closures will be required for part of the work at night and a signed diversion will be put in place via Corton Road, Lyndhurst Road and North Parade. The scheme is due for completion by the end of March. A14 CAMBRIDGESHIRE SAFETY CAMERA SCHEMEA scheme to improve safety on the A14 Cambridge Northern Bypass started on Monday 13 December. The average speed camera system is to be installed on the section between Girton (junction 31) and Fen Ditton (junction 34) and will extend the existing scheme between Huntingdon and Girton. There will be overnight lane closures while the work is being carried out. A14 SAFETY FENCING SCHEME, J41-J42 BURY ST EDMUNDS Work to install safety fencing on the eastbound A14 between Risby (junction 41) and Westley (junction 42) near Bury St Edmunds started on Monday 10 January and is due to finish by mid March . This will be carried out between 8pm and 6am, with Lane 1 closed and a 50mph speed limit in place. There will be a 24 hour closure of all laybys during this section of the eastbound A14 through the works. A14 ORWELL BRIDGE BEARINGS REPLACEMENT WORKWork is being carried out in preparation for bearings replacement work over one weekend in mid February at Pier 5 on the Wherstead side of the Orwell Bridge, which carries the A14 over the River Orwell near Ipswich, Suffolk. There are currently intermittent Lane 2 closures on the east and westbound carriageways overnight and a temporary 50mph speed limit as required for safety reasons over the bridge in both directions, with average speed cameras (in use when 50mph speed limit is in place). Two lanes will be open in both directions during daytime hours and the temporary 50mph speed limit will remain in place. The scheme is due for completion by end of March 2011. A14 SUFFOLK SAFETY BARRIER RENEWAL WORK NEAR STOWMARKETWork began on Wednesday 3 November to renew the safety barriers on Cedars Interchange (junction 50), near Stowmarket. In order to carry out the work there will be overnight single lane closures both east and westbound at the interchange. The work will take place between 8pm and 6am Mondays to Fridays only and is expected to be completed by mid February, weather permitting. A 50 mph speed limit is in place on the eastbound carriageway only until Wednesday 2 February. A14 SUFFOLK - A14 CORRIDOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMEWork to install the final stage of the £70m jam-busting technology project for the A14 began in Needham Market in September. The eventual project will see an electronic messaging system operating from the M1 at Catthorpe in Leicestershire through to the Port of Felixstowe. The final stage covers from Needham Market to Felixstowe.There will be overnight closures of the A14 while the overhead Variable Message -Signs (VMS) and traffic monitoring sensors are installed in the carriageway. The technology will benefit road users by providing them with advanced warnings of queuing or stationery traffic ahead. The signs will also provide information about expected journey times and information on diversions when they are necessary. The use of CCTV cameras will provide information to help improve traffic flow and monitor major incidents including improving response times to incidents by the emergency services. A428 CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAINTENANCE WORKA scheme to install hardstanding and footpaths to provide safe access to feeder pillars on the A428 at Eltisley started on Monday 17 January. The work will be carried out overnight between 8pm and 6am for 14 nights on Mondays to Fridays only. There will be lane closures with traffic controlled by 3-way traffic signals. A47 CAMBRIDGESHIRE RESURFACING WORKWork to improve the surface of the A47 west of the Guyhirn Roundabout (A47/A141 junction) started on Monday 10 January and is now complete. Work to replace expansion joints on the River Nene overbridge is also being carried out with completion expected on Friday 4 February. The work will take place overnight between 8pm and 6am on weekday nights. NOTES TO EDITORS Issued by COI News and PR East on behalf of the Highways Agency. For further information please contact Jenny Thompson 01223 370784 or Karen Dowle 01223 370786. Media enquiries out of hours should be made to the Highways Agency National Press Office (24hrs) on 0207 081 7443.The Highways Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Transport. We manage, maintain and improve England’s motorways and other strategic roads on behalf of the Secretary of State. Maintenance and improvement projects: We plan maintenance and improvement projects carefully to allow road works to be completed safely, in a cost effective way while keeping disruption to road users to a minimum. We do as much work as possible overnight and when roads are less busy in order to keep more lanes open for road users at peak travel times. Drivers are advised to check their route for road works and allow extra time for their journeys where needed. We have a variety of journey planning tools that road users can use to check travel conditions on the roads we manage, and we will do all we can to keep road users informed.Safety at roadworks: The Highways Agency is working with the industry and road users to reduce the risks of working on the roads. For the safety of road workers and all road users, when you are approaching roadworks: - Keep within the speed limit – it is there for your safety.- Get into the correct lane in good time – don’t keep switching.- Concentrate on the road ahead, not the roadworks.- Be alert for works’ traffic leaving or entering roadworks.- Keep a safe distance – there could be queues in front.- Observe all signs – they are there to help you.Real-time traffic information for England’s motorways and other strategic roads is available:- From the web at www.highways.gov.uk/traffic or www.highways.gov.uk/mobile if using a phone or mobile device. - By phone from the Highways Agency Information Line on 0300 123 5000 at any time. (Calls to 0300 numbers will cost no more than 5p per minute from a standard BT residential landline. Call charges from other landlines and mobile networks may vary, but will be no more than a standard geographic call and will be included in all inclusive minutes and discount schemes).- Before using any mobile, find a safe place to park. Never stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency. Make sure it’s safe and legal before you call.- From our Traffic Radio service, available on DAB digital radio and the internet at www.trafficradio.org.uk To tune into the DAB service, simply press the "scan" button on your radio. The radio will tune into all available channels and you can select the new service by scrolling through the channels until you reach "Traffic Radio".Receive our national and regional press releases by RSS and get the latest headlines straight to your desktop the moment we publish them to our website. Choose to receive a national press feed or one of our regionalised feeds - go to www.highways.gov.uk/rssnews for more information.Issued by COI News and PR East on behalf of the Highways Agency. For further information please contact Jenny Thompson 01223 370784 or Karen Dowle 01223 370786. Media enquiries out of hours should be made to the Highways Agency National Press Office (24hrs) on 0207 081 7443.