Major road widening project for Cambridgeshire

Work to upgrade the A14 route in Cambridgeshire now looks set to commence at the end of 2016. The A14 will be widened along a 33.6km stretch as part of a programme of works to increase its capacity. The work will also involve building a new bypass around Huntingdon as well as widening a section of the A1. The project also includes making a series of improvements to five junctions situated along the route, located at Bar Hill, Swavesey, Girton, Histon and Milton. In all the work is expected to cost some £1.5
May 12, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
Work to upgrade the A14 route in Cambridgeshire now looks set to commence at the end of 2016. The A14 will be widened along a 33.6km stretch as part of a programme of works to increase its capacity. The work will also involve building a new bypass around Huntingdon as well as widening a section of the A1. The project also includes making a series of improvements to five junctions situated along the route, located at Bar Hill, Swavesey, Girton, Histon and Milton. In all the work is expected to cost some £1.5 billion and this project is needed due to the high traffic volumes the A14 experiences. Congestion is commonplace along the route at present during peak periods and the road also has to contend with a high percentage of HGVs travelling to and from the nearby ports.

The widened stretch of the A14 is expected to be ready for traffic by 2020 and the structure of the roadway will ensure it is able to carry a high percentage of heavily loaded HGVs. The work will made more be complex due to the fact that it will be carried out alongside live traffic. And the construction team will have to ensure that the road building activities do not disrupt vehicle flow rates.
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