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A14 Haughley New Street to Stowmarket Improvement
A14 Haughley New Street to Stowmarket Improvement
- Status
- Current
- Located in
- Area 6
- Scheme type
- Programme of Major Schemes
The Project
Updates
Please see the Updates page for the latest information on scheme progress.
About The Scheme
The A14 Trunk Road, a route of national strategic importance, connecting the east coast ports of Felixstowe and Harwich with the Midlands and the North. The scheme, being proposed, is approx 4km in length. The new road would start at Haughley New Street and take a route just to the south of the existing A14.
It would travel adjacent to the existing A14 towards Stowmarket where a new all access grade-separated junction is planned between Fishponds Way and the existing Stowmarket junction, where the scheme will then come to its end. An overbridge / underbridge will be built near the existing Quarries Cross Junction, which will provide access to settlements to the south of the A14.
The existing substandard alignment and the locations of the junctions with local roads means that the visibility along this existing section of the A14 is poor, and it has a poor safety record.
Project Timetable
| Key Dates | Event |
|---|---|
| 28 March 2001 | A14 Haughley was entered into the Targeted Programme of Improvements - this is now known as the Programme of Major Schemes. |
| 28 January - 12 May 2003 | Public Consultation Period |
| 14 & 15 February 2003 | Public Consultation Exhibition |
| 16 March 2004 | Preferred Route Announcement |
| 14 March 2005 | Contract Award (Early Contractor Involvement) |
| 31 March 2006 | Publish Draft Orders |
| 14- 21 November 2006 | Public Inquiry |
| 2 April 2007 | Secretary of States Decision |
| 18 June 2007 | Start of Works |
| September 2008 | Traffic diverted onto new road |
| December 2008 | Removal of all diversions |
| February 2009 | Scheme Completion |
