Closures and speed limits for 11 weeks along A14 Kettering to Kelmarsh
Long stretches of the A14 will be closed at times over the next 11 weeks for drainage work.
National Highways Limited has published a traffic order which covers the A14 between Kettering and Kelmarsh.
The order will:
(1) impose a speed restriction of 50mph on
(a) the westbound carriageway of the A14 leading from the roundabout junction with the A43 and Northampton Road (Broughton Interchange), at Kettering; and
(b) the eastbound carriageway of the A14 leading from the roundabout junction with the B669, Kettering Road and Allotment Lane (Rothwell Interchange), at Rothwell;
(2) impose a speed restriction of 40mph on
(a) the westbound carriageway of the A14 from Broughton Interchange, to the link road leading to the Woodlands Hospital access/egress, near Glendon; and
(b) the eastbound carriageway of the A14 from Rothwell Interchange, to the link road leading to Rothwell Grange Farm, near Glendon;
(3) close
(a) the westbound carriageway of the A14 from its junction with the exit slip road leading to Broughton Interchange, to its junction with the entry slip road leading from the roundabout junction with Orton Road and Lamport Road, at Rothwell;
(b) the eastbound carriageway of the A14 from its junction with the link road leading to the A508, at Kelmarsh, to its junction with the entry slip road leading to Broughton Interchange;
(c) any slip road or link road leading to or from the lengths of the A14 described above.
(d) any layby adjacent to the westbound or eastbound carriageways of the A14 between the centrepoint of Broughton Interchange and the centreline of the A508 overbridge, at Kelmarsh.
The work is expected to start this week and continue for about 11 weeks.
The carriageway and slip/link road closures will be in operation between 8pm and 6am.
The speed restrictions will be in force for 24 hours a day for the duration of the works.
Diversion routes via the A43, the A5076 and the A508 will be signed.