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A11 Fiveways to Thetford Improvement
A11 Fiveways to Thetford Improvement
- Status
- Planned
- Located in
- Area 6
- Scheme type
- Programme of Major Schemes
The Project
The Highways Agency is proposing to improve the A11 between Fiveways Roundabout at Barton Mills, near Mildenhall, and the roundabout at the end of the Thetford Bypass immediately to the south west of Thetford.
The 14 kilometre section of the A11 between Fiveways roundabout and the Thetford Bypass is a substandard single carriageway road which includes four junctions.
It passes largely through agricultural land and woodland except at the village of Elveden, which is also the location of a Centre Parcs holiday village.
This scheme forms a part of the Highways Agency's existing strategic roads programme. The Department for Transport wishes to engage regional and local stakeholders in identifying their priorities for transport investment.
Current Position
In parallel to the work the Highways Agency has been undertaking, there has been a change since 2005 to the way schemes on some trunk roads are funded. The Government announced through the Spending Review in 2004 that the Strategic Trunk Road Network will now fall into two categories: those of (inter)national importance, such as M1 and M25, and those of predominantly regional importance. The A11 has been classified as of regional importance.
This means that whilst decisions on all schemes (both regional trunk road and major local authority) remain with the Secretary of State for Transport, advice from the regions on the Strategic Road Network of regional priorities was to be sought. In their submission to Government, the East of England Regional Assembly prioritised the scheme for start of works in the 2009/10 - 2015/16 period, with funding for a start of construction for 2012/13.
