News on NWL Initial Views

You may be aware that Norfolk County Council’s Environment, Development and Transport Committee approved four options for a potential Norwich Western Link last week and these are now our shortlist of options. You can read more about these options here - these have been slightly updated since before the committee meeting, so do have a look.

This means we've got confirmation that we can carry out a public consultation on these options between Monday 26 November 2018 and Friday 18 January 2019. During the consultation, people will be asked for their views on the options and these responses will help the council identify a preferred option for a Norwich Western Link in spring 2019.

You will be able to find out more about the options and respond to the consultation online via www.norfolk.gov.uk/nwl from Monday 26 November. You can also respond in person, and ask any questions you may have, at a series of staffed events taking place in local communities throughout the consultation period.

And you can now put these events in your diaries as all the venues and times are confirmed, as follows. All the events will run from 2-8pm unless otherwise stated.

You might notice that we'll be taking a break from holding consultation events from mid-December until early January. This is because we think many people will have other things on their mind in this period of time (a little thing called Christmas) but all the consultation information and survey will still be available online during this time.

A lot of factors will need to be considered when agreeing on a preferred route for the Norwich Western Link so we would encourage everyone to look through all the information available as part of the consultation before making their response.

Please share information about the consultation and the events will anyone you know who might be interested, we really do want to get lots of responses and for everyone to have the chance to tell us what they think. Thank you and we look forward to seeing some of you in person at the events!