East of England Roadworks Update: Monday 20 – Friday 24 December

20 December 2010

NEW WORK A11 KETTERINGHAM, JUNCTION IMPROVEMENTS UPDATE The southbound carriageway of the A11 will be closed overnight on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 December, between 10pm and 6am, weather permitting. There will be a further overnight closure on Wednesday 5 January. A clearly signed diversion will be in place via the B1172. A temporary 50 mph speed restriction is in place 24 hours and will remain in place over Christmas and New Year. The scheme to improve safety at the junction of the A11 and Station Lane near Ketteringham, south of Norwich, started on Monday 22 November. The work will involve 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 will be 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 will be in place on the southbound carriageway 24 hours while work takes place. There will also be work taking place overnight between 8pm and 6am, with expected completion by end February 2011, weather permitting. ONGOING WORK M1 J10 TO J13 BEDFORDSHIRE – HARD SHOULDER RUNNING SCHEME Both the northbound and southbound entry sliproads at junction 12 will be closed overnight on Tuesday 21 December. 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(M) HERTFORDSHIRE BRIDGE REPAIRS Repairs to bridges on the A1(M) between Junction 6 (Welwyn) and Junction 7 (Knebworth) began on Monday 4 October. The repair work will be carried out in two shifts every day between 7.30am and 5.30pm and between 9pm and 7am with completion expected in mid December. It will involve repairs to the beams, parapet and bearing replacement, and concrete repairs on four bridges between Welwyn and Knebworth both over and under the dual carriageway. While the work is taking place there will be overnight lane closures, hard shoulder closures and a 50 mph speed restriction in place. Two lanes will remain open throughout the peak traffic period but there will a restriction in lane width and drivers are asked to take care. In addition a rolling block and a closure of Junction 7 will be required throughout one night (date to be confirmed) at North Lodge while the bridge is being jacked. There will also be single lane running on Old Knebworth Lane, which runs under the A1(M) while the work is taking place at North Lodge. A1(M) STEVENAGE DRAINAGE WORK Maintenance work to remove silt on the soakaways and reduce the risk of flooding on the southbound carriageway of the A1(M) between junctions 7 and 6 near Stevenage started on Wednesday 8 December. The first phase of the work will be carried out on the hardshoulder between 7.30am and 5pm Mondays to Fridays for 12 days with the second phase to be carried out in March 2011. While the first phase is being carried out temporary traffic lights will be in operation on county roads only accessing the A1(M). 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 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. A12 LOWESTOFT CONSTRUCTION OF PUFFIN CROSSING A 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. A14 CAMBRIDGESHIRE SURVEY WORK Work to survey the drainage system along the whole length of the A14 started on Monday 1 November. The first two stages of the survey work are currently taking place between Catworth (junction 16) and Brampton Hut (junction 21), and between Alconbury Spur to Spittals Interchange, weather permitting. The next stage, between Stow cum Quy (junction 35) and Nine Mile Hill near Newmarket (junction 36), began on Thursday 25 November and is expected to be completed by 21 December. The survey work will take place overnight between 8pm and 6am, Mondays to Fridays, with lane closures as necessary. A14 CAMBRIDGESHIRE SAFETY CAMERA SCHEME A 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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE RESURFACING WORK – OVERNIGHT CLOSURES Work to repair and resurface the eastbound carriageway of the A14 between the St Ives interchange (junction 26) and the junction of the A14/M11 at Girton started on Monday 13 December. The work, which will be carried out over seven nights, will be on the eastbound carriageway and will involve an overnight closure between 9pm and 6am week nights only. There will be a clearly signed diversion for eastbound traffic off the A14 at Brampton Hut onto the A1 southbound to St Neots, and then eastbound on the A428 to rejoin the A14 at the Girton interchange. A14 ORWELL BRIDGE BEARINGS REPLACEMENT WORK Work is being carried out in preparation for bearings replacement work in mid January 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 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 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 January 2011. A14 SUFFOLK SAFETY BARRIER RENEWAL WORK NEAR STOWMARKET Work 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 January, weather permitting. There is a 50mph speed restriction on the westbound carriageway only which will remain in place over Christmas and the New Year break. A14 SUFFOLK - A14 CORRIDOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME Work 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. A47 DEREHAM LAYBY IMPROVEMENT SCHEME A scheme to upgrade the layby on the A47 westbound at Etling Green Junction near North Tuddenham started in November. The work will be carried out between 9am and 5pm on the layby itself but any work requiring lane closures will take place overnight, from 8pm to 6am, weather permitting. There will also be an overnight closure of the A47 westbound for three nights only, between Fox Lane junction and Etling Green junction, dates to be confirmed. There will be a clearly signed diversion route via Fox Lane, B1110, B1147, Norwich Road and Mattishall Road. The work is due for completion by the end of January.

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