Published: 16 March 2026
Dear Stakeholder,
Over the last few months, we’ve had a long period of very wet weather. This has made the ground difficult to work on and slowed progress in several key areas, especially Earthworks. Our teams have continued working on structures and highway tasks away from public view, but works have been delayed.
Despite everyone’s best efforts, we’ve had to review whether it’s practical and safe to carry out the Wood Lane traffic switch as planned. We’ve now agreed that we need to make some changes to keep our work safe, minimise the impact of the road closure and ensure works are up to the standards expected. Because of this, we’ve made the difficult decision to delay the traffic switch and the opening of Wood Lane, to 27 April 2026. As a result, the planned weekend closure of the A47 from 20 to 23 March 2026 has been cancelled.
Additional Rescheduling of Temporary Traffic Lights and Lane Closures – 28 and 29 March 2026
Unfortunately, due to operational reasons we had to cancel our overnight closures on 13 and 14 March, which have now been rescheduled for daytime on 28 and 29 March.
We will be carrying out multiple pieces of preparation work along the A47 between the Fox Lane junction and Easton Roundabout.
On 28 and 29 March between 7am and 7pm each day we will be closing one lane of the A47 in multiple locations. We will be using temporary traffic lights to allow traffic to flow in both directions.
We’d like to apologise for any disturbance caused by our work, and we will try to keep this to a minimum where possible.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.