National Highways will begin work next month on a multi-million-pound surface upgrade to the A11, as a part of its nationwide drive to ‘revitalise’ concrete roads.
The £60m project on the road between Spooner Row and Tuttles Interchange near Wymondham will start on 20 April.
National Highways will completely remove the concrete road surface, which was laid in the 1990s, and some of the foundations, before rebuilding the road with recycled material and a new asphalt surface.
The project will also see replacement kerbs installed, the drainage system refurbished, safety barriers replaced, new road markings and new reflective road studs.
National Highways regional director Martin Fellows said: ‘The A11 is a vital route used by 45,000 drivers every day for work journeys and home deliveries, visits to friends and family, and the movement of goods and services.
'However, the road surface of this stretch is more than 25 years old and despite serving us well, is coming to the end of its life and needs reconstruction.’
Under the current Road Investment Strategy, National Highways is spending £400m in the next three years to improve the quality of existing concrete roads across the country.
Concrete roads make up almost 400 miles (4%) of the strategic road network but are mostly found along the eastern side of the country, in the North East, Yorkshire, East Anglia and the South East.
Around half of the old-style concrete roads in the East will either have repairs or be replaced during this period, including stretches on the A11, A14, A12, A120 and M11.
National Highways said that for the safety of workers and motorists, it will complete the upgrades on the A11 in stages using a single lane contraflow system.
The scheme is due to be completed in spring 2023.
