News on NWL Initial Views

Our Norwich Western Link consultation is now open! This is your chance to tell us what you think of our four potential route options to to connect the A47 to Broadland Northway (formerly the Northern Distributor Road), which are designed to improve travel between these two major roads and tackle transport problems in the area.

We've published additional information about the options to coincide with the consultation launching, so please have a good look through all of this and then give us your views via www.norfolk.gov.uk/nwl . The additional information includes information on environmental considerations and traffic modelling information – how each of the routes is likely to affect levels of traffic on other roads - as well as an artist's impression to give people an indication of how a viaduct over the River Wensum could look.

You can also find information about our 14 public consultation events via this link (click on the 'Have your say' section to see the full list). The events will give you the opportunity to speak to staff involved in the project, view details on the options and respond in person. The first of our events is in Ringland this Wednesday, so we hope to see some of you there.

As ever, and particularly now the consultation is live, please help us spread the word about it by telling friends, family, neighbours etc, sharing our posts on Facebook and Twitter and anything else you can think of. We really do want everyone who may want to give us their views to have the chance, and we know that not everyone reads the local newspaper, listens to the radio or is on social media.

In case you're wondering why we're carrying out this consultation, let me tell you - the responses will help us identify a preferred option for the Norwich Western Link in spring 2019, so this an important stage of the project. Thanks in advance for taking the time to give us your views.