Resurfacing work to take place on the A14 between Bury St Edmunds and Woolpit
Vehicles parked in the car park at the Blackthorne Community Centre for people attending the National Highways information event. Photo: Ian Duncan.
Villagers living in and around Bury St Edmunds are likely to be subjected to additional traffic on rural routes while resurfacing work is carried out on the A14.
As well as the current roadworks continuing on the dual carriageway between the Elmswell/Woolpit junction and the Stowmarket junction National Highways are to begin resurfacing and refreshing road markings on the A14 between junction 43 (Moreton Hall Industrial Estate) and junction 47a (Woolpit).
Two public information events have already been held this month but with little publicity given on them. The first one took place at Bury St Edmunds (outside The Body Shop) on Saturday, March 23, and the other was held yesterday (Thursday, March 28), at the Jubilee Hall, Blackthorne Community Centre, in Elmswell.
The work is set to start on Monday, April 15, but it’s not clear how long it will take and which side of the carriageway will be closed first.
The lanes will be shut between 8pm and 6am the following day and will be carried out in two phases with the second one starting in the autumn but as yet no date has been announced.
Although diversion routes have not been revealed it is likely to be across the A143 towards Ixworth and along the A1088 to Elmswell to pick up the A14 towards Ipswich and vice versa.
But motorists looking to avoid the long route are likely to travel along the shorter village roads and lanes.
It’s a shame they can’t wait until the other roadworks are finished and in the mean time repair some of the rural roads which have suffered as a result of them.