Highways England have advised:
We’ll be carrying out a replacement of the bridge joints to provide a smoother, safer carriageway for road users which also reduces the need for further maintenance in the near future.
When will this work take place?
We’ll be carrying out work between from Monday 4 August 2025 to November 2025.
To carry out this work safely, we’ll install a mixture of lane closures and full closures, which has been designed to minimise the disruption to the travelling public. These works will be completed mainly overnight, however, due to the type of works and for safety reasons, some works will require extended hours closures and full weekend closures.
Public information event
Before the scheme starts, we’ll be holding a public information event where you can meet our team, find out more and ask any questions.
Our engagement van will be parked at the Co-op in Oundle Road, Thrapston, NN14 4PD from 11am to 6pm on Tuesday 22 July 2025.
Traffic Management
We’ll be installing average speed cameras on the A14 which will remain throughout the duration of our works.
We’ll start work on the eastbound carriageway from 4 August to early October then move to the westbound carriageway until scheme completion later in the winter.
Most of the work will be carried out using overnight closures of the A14, one carriageway at a time, from 9pm to 5am, unless otherwise stated.
Traffic management will include
- full overnight carriageway closures, one direction at a time, with a lane two closure on the opposite carriageway
- two full weekend closures, Friday night to Monday morning, one direction at a time, currently planned for September and November
- some extended overnight closures on Friday and Saturday nights through to 11am the following morning
- overnight and daytime lane closures
- occasional overnight closures of the exit and entry slip roads at junction 12
- two-way temporary traffic lights under the A14 on Denford Road for around a week in September and November
Our first planned traffic management will be a week of overnight full closures of the eastbound carriageway starting on Tuesday 5 August followed by a week of overnight full closures on the westbound carriageway.
Our website will be kept updated with the latest information throughout the scheme and can be found here. https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/east-midlands/
What does this mean for you?
During the closures, a fully signed diversion will be in place.
