Road closure warnings for A45, A43 and A14 in Northamptonshire next month

A link road from the westbound A45 to Station Road, Earls Barton, will be closed while carriageway resurfacing takes place. Works are due to start at 8pm on Monday April 13, 2026, and run for three nights. The traffic order comes into force on 6 April. Emergency service vehicles and those working on the scheme are exempt.

Link roads to and from the eastbound A14 at the junction serving Rothwell Grange and Woodlands Hospital will be closed for local authority flood-prevention works. The closure is expected to start on Monday April 13 =, 2026 and last around five days; the order takes effect from April 6. Signed diversion routes via alternative A14 junctions will be in place; emergency and works vehicles are exempt.

Wider overnight closures are planned on the A14 around Junction 9 at Kettering to allow improvement and maintenance works. Eastbound and westbound carriageway closures (between the exit and entry slip roads at Junction 9) and closures of the entry slip to the eastbound carriageway will take place overnight, 8pm to 5.30am, starting Friday April 10, 2026 and running for approximately three weeks. Diversions will use the exit and entry slip roads at Junction 9 for carriageway closures and Junction 8 for the slip-road closure. Emergency and works vehicles are exempt.

To support traffic management for Japfest at Silverstone, the slip road from the A43 southbound to the Dadford Road roundabout will be closed in the evenings between 8pm and 11.59pm on April 15–17 and again on April 20, 2026. The order comes into force on 8 April. An alternative A43 junction will be signed; emergency, traffic officer and works vehicles are exempt.

Drivers are advised to plan ahead, allow extra journey time and follow signed diversions around the affected junctions.