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A14 Haughley New Street to Stowmarket Improvement

A14 Haughley New Street to Stowmarket Improvement

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Area 6Map of the Agency's Operational Areas
Scheme type
Programme of Major SchemesRoad Schemes Managed by the Highways Agency
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Please see the Updates page for important information related to road works which may affect you.

Progress on the rest of the scheme can be found on the Construction Progress page, or by downloading the newsletters, which can be found on the Publications page.

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
Summer 2008 Road Open (Work to commence on existing carriageways to modify to a local road and a non-motorised facility)
Late 2008 Scheme Completion