Key A14 upgrade for the UK to cut congestion

A joint venture comprising BAM Nuttall and Morgan Sindall will carry out the 4km widening of the UK’s heavily congested A14 route. The €28.5 million (£24 million) project is being carried out for the Highways Agency to reduce journey times more reliable, improve safety and support proposed local development. Mott MacDonald will carry out the design work for the project. Junctions 7-9 of the A14 are highly congested at present due to a combination of heavy commuter traffic and the high percentage of HGVs car
September 11, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
A joint venture comprising 3137 BAM Nuttall and 2567 Morgan Sindall will carry out the 4km widening of the UK’s heavily congested A14 route. The €28.5 million (£24 million) project is being carried out for the 2309 Highways Agency to reduce journey times more reliable, improve safety and support proposed local development. 2579 Mott MacDonald will carry out the design work for the project. Junctions 7-9 of the A14 are highly congested at present due to a combination of heavy commuter traffic and the high percentage of HGVs carrying freight to and from the nearby port of Felixstowe. The widening scheme will provide an extra lane in each direction within the existing highway boundary between Junction 7 (A43N) and Junction 9 (A509) of the A14 Kettering Bypass. Mott MacDonald’s design retains as many existing features as possible and minimises the use of large construction machinery. This design includes the retention of drainage, safety barriers and lighting within the central reserve where possible and new concrete retaining structures which will be filled with excavated material from site to negate the import of material. Mott MacDonald’s design is due to be finished by the start of 2014, initial construction work on the scheme is due to begin in autumn 2013 and be fully completed by spring 2015.
Road Structures

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • 'Soft' option gets results
    February 8, 2012
    Soft engineering techniques, used to prevent soil erosion and stabilise steep cuts and embankments, have allowed engineers to successfully widen the M1 motorway in the UK. Over the 50km length of the work (25km northbound, 25km southbound) on a busy section of the motorway near the city of Nottingham, a total of 48km of slopes had to be modified, split roughly between cutting and embankment. The UK Highways Agency requirements for the work meant that wholesale widening of the corridor was not possible: the
    Read More
  • Mott MacDonald’s passage to India
    April 24, 2012
    Mott MacDonald has been appointed design consultant for the proposed Raipur-Bilaspur national highway 200 in India. Part of the National Highways Development Programme Phase IV established by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the new road will connect Raipur in Chhatttisgarh to Chandikohole in Orissa, passing through areas including Bilaspur, Raigarh and Jarsuguda. Costing US$244.2million, the 127km long road is primarily made up of four lanes, with 34km of the highway comprising six lanes. T
    Read More
  • Mott MacDonald’s passage to India
    June 14, 2012
    Mott MacDonald has been appointed design consultant for the proposed Raipur–Bilaspur national highway 200 in India. Part of the National Highways Development Programme Phase IV, established by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the new road will connect Raipur in Chhatttisgarh to Chandikohole in Orissa, passing through areas including Bilaspur, Raigarh and Jarsuguda. Costing US$244.2million, the 127km long road is primarily made up of four lanes, with 34km of the highway comprising six lanes
    Read More
  • UK’s Stonehenge Bypass approved by Government
    July 17, 2023
    The UK’s Stonehenge Bypass project has been approved by the Government.
    Read More

Highlighted Content