The A47 between Blofield and North Burlingham. Pic: Highways England.
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Police have backed plans to dual part of the A47 in Norfolk, saying it will dramatically reduce crashes in bottlenecked traffic.
There have been 33 crashes in which people were killed or hurt on the A47 between Blofield and North Burlingham over the past decade, Norfolk police said.
The proposals, to cost between £50m and £100m, are to replace the existing single-lane section with a new two-lane dual carriageway, 70m south of the existing road.
Safety improvements will also be made to the Yarmouth Road junction, closing the right turn and adding a dedicated lane to join the A47.
Nine years on and a spade is still yet to be placed in the ground.
The project has lost a string of directors, racked up tens of millions of pounds of losses and been put in jeopardy by the presence of a rare spider.
Now developers have asked the Planning Inspectorate to delay a review of the plans.
The London Resort theme park is due to be built on the Swanscombe peninsula in Kent
A look at its short history shows it has faced setback after setback.
Things had looked promising when the Kuwaiti owners of nearby non-league football team Ebbsfleet United threw their financial weight behind the plans, with an initial seven-figure investment in October 2013. Chairman Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi had saved the football club from the brink of extinction barely four months earlier and, with ambitions to get the side into the Football League and own the UK’s biggest theme park next door, he was signalling his intentions to be a major player in the sport and leisure make-up of the UK.
In its submission to the Planning Inspectorate, HS1 Ltd concludes that the high speed rail line between London and Kent would become overwhelmed by the
Campaigners have voiced objections to an extension to the inquiry into proposals for two new wind farms off the Suffolk coast and the Friston substation plan - saying they have already emptied their bank accounts fighting the plans.
The Planning Inspectorate is currently considering proposals for more offshore wind turbines off Suffolk
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Campaigners have voiced objections to an extension to the inquiry into proposals for two new wind farms off the Suffolk coast - saying they have already emptied their bank accounts to fight the plans.
Kwasi Kwarteng, secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has agreed the examination of ScottishPower Renewables’ (SPR) application for the huge projects should be extended by three months.
The company s plans are for the East Anglia One North (EA1N) and East Anglia Two (EA2) offshore wind farms, which would cover more than 400 sq km of the North Sea, with 142 turbines, generating 1700 megawatts of power, enough electricity for nearly 1.5million households.