Disaster for Cambridgeshire as Government pulls affordable housing commitment
The Conservative mayor has been strongly criticised over his handling of affordable housing funds
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The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Conservative James Palmer (Image: Richard Marsham)
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New study to look at options for improving A47 in West Norfolk Published: 07:00, 11 March 2021
A fresh study is to be carried out to look at ways of upgrading parts of one of the main road links to and from West Norfolk.
The assessment of options for upgrading the A47 could eventually lead to major upgrades of the A47 between Lynn and Peterborough.
And a government minister has reportedly acknowledged a solution is needed for the route s issues.
The A47 dual-carriageway looking towards the Pullover Roundabout in King s Lynn.. (43011916)
A report presented to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority s transport and infrastructure committee yesterday said Highways England had agreed to conduct a strategic assessment of the section between the end of the existing dual carriageway at Walton Highway and the A16 junction near Peterborough.
The Government has pulled millions of pounds that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA) was expecting to provide affordable housing.
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