Highways England Company Limited(a) gives notice that it proposes to make an Order under sections 1(1), 2(1) and (2) and 4(1) of, and paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on lengths of the A47 Trunk Road in the City of Peterborough and the Counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.

1. The effect of the Order would be to prohibit a vehicle from waiting at any time on any day on any part (other than a lay-by) of the A47 Trunk Road specified in the Schedule to this notice.

2. Trading from a lay-by or verge adjacent to the A47 would be prohibited.

3. Exceptions have been provided in the Order to enable a vehicle to wait for so long as may be necessary –

3.1 to enable it to be used in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic, the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the trunk road or any services therein,

3.2 by a local authority, water or utility company in pursuance of their respective statutory powers, or

3.3 for police, fire and rescue authority, ambulance or traffic officer purposes, and

3.4 when the person in control of the vehicle is required to stop – by law, in order to avoid an accident, or due to circumstances outside the person’s control.

A copy of the proposed Order, together with a location plan and statement explaining Highways England Company Limited’s reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be inspected during normal office hours, between 10th May 2019 and 31st May 2019 at the offices of Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DH; Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Town Hall, Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QF; Peterborough City Council, Bayard Place, Broadway, Peterborough, PE1 1FB; Wisbech Library, 5 Ely place, Wisbech, PE13 1EU, or obtained by application to Highways England, Operations East, Orders Section, Woodlands, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW.

Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should write to Highways England Company Limited at the above address stating the reasons for the objection no later than 31st May 2019 or within 3 weeks of this publication, whichever is the latest.

Information provided in response to this notice, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

Mr M R Knight

Highways England Company Limited

(a) Registered in England and Wales under company no 9346363. Registered office Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ. Any enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to Thomas Lawman, Highways England, Woodlands, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW, by telephoning on 0300 470 3745 or emailing thomas.lawman@highwaysengland.co.uk.

THE SCHEDULE

Lengths of the A47 Trunk Road and slip roads in the City of Peterborough and the Counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk –

City of Peterborough and Counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk -

1. from its junction with the western side of the western roundabout at the A1/A47/A6118 Wansford Interchange, City of Peterborough to the centre line of its junction with Hill Road, North Runcton, Norfolk;

County of Norfolk –

2. from a point 220 metres east of the centre line of its junction with Station Road, Middleton, Norfolk to a point 60 metres west of the centre line of its junction with Church Lane, East Winch, Norfolk;

3. from a point 157 metres east of the centre line of its junction with Station Road, East Winch, Norfolk to a point 516 metres west of the centre line of its junction with Station Road, Little Fransham, Norfolk; and

4. from a point 256 metres east of the centre line of its junction with Crown Lane, Little Fransham, Norfolk to a point 38 metres north-east of Middleton Road Roundabout, Gorleston, Norfolk;

Slip roads leading to or from the A47 –

5. in the City of Peterborough at –

• Castor Interchange,

• A1260 Thorpe Wood Interchange J15,

• A15 Bretton Gate Interchange J16,

• Bretton Way Interchange J17, including the eastbound and westbound link roads between Bretton Way Interchange J17 and the A15 Interchange J18,

• A15 Interchange J18, and

• Fulbridge Road Interchange J19;

6. in the County of Norfolk at –

• Walpole Highway, Lynn Road junction;

• Church Road junction, Terrington St John;

• A148 Saddlebow junction, Kings Lynn;

• A10/A149 Hardwick Road Interchange, Kings Lynn;

• Lynn Road junction, Swaffham;

• A1065 Castle Acre Road Interchange, Swaffham;

• A1075/B1135 Toftwood Interchange, Dereham;

• Mattishall Road junction, Dereham;

• A1074 Longwater Interchange, Norwich;

• B1108 Watton Road Interchange, Norwich;

• A11 Thickthorn Interchange, Norwich;

• A140 Ipswich Road Interchange, Norwich;

• A146 Trowse Interchange, Norwich;

• A1042 Postwick Interchange, Norwich;

• Blofield junction;

• Norwich Road junction, Acle; and

• Beighton Road junction, Acle.