A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon "news"

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B1040 wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2020 13:50
medgoode wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:29 News from the A14C2H Facebook page:
From 9pm on Saturday 28 March to 11am on Sunday 29 March, our team in Huntingdon will be lifting the first beam from the old A14 Viaduct.

Please note, during this time we will need to close Brampton Road (B1514) between the Ringo station car park and Edison bell way. This will also include pedestrian access and a full diversion route will be in place.
According to the comments this is the section that goes over the railway.
It is. I don't know if they're cancelling trains. In alternative circumstances, it would be interesting, if slow paced to watch.
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They've had videos of some of the bridge lifts and bridge demolitions during the project, they may do something similar
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One interesting bit- unlike other projects (County ones especially) in the area which have stopped, the A14 project has clearly decided that they are safe to proceed and indeed have extended the hours of overnight closures to get more done.

Did, out on an essetnial journey the other day, see a classic of "three men crowded around a hole in which one man was working with a shovel", no 2m separation!
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A lot of chatter locally along the lines of “now would be the perfect time to close the road and fix the potholes properly” along with many replies stating that yes it would but we don’t want to.
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Yes. It's very much been left to the civil engineering industry to decide whether or not their work sites and systems are safe enough and necessary enough. It's also down to whether the contractors still make themselves available.

And with potholes (county) whether or not they have the money (they don't)
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Al__S wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:54 Yes. It's very much been left to the civil engineering industry to decide whether or not their work sites and systems are safe enough and necessary enough. It's also down to whether the contractors still make themselves available.

And with potholes (county) whether or not they have the money (they don't)
Huh? Where did the billion-pound pothole fund go? 🤔
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mikehindsonevans wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 07:51
Al__S wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:54 Yes. It's very much been left to the civil engineering industry to decide whether or not their work sites and systems are safe enough and necessary enough. It's also down to whether the contractors still make themselves available.

And with potholes (county) whether or not they have the money (they don't)
Huh? Where did the billion-pound pothole fund go? 🤔
barely touched the sides. The pothole backlog is ten times that or more. As for fixing the roads to prevent rapid reappearance of holes? something for a different thread
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mikehindsonevans wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 07:51
Al__S wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:54 Yes. It's very much been left to the civil engineering industry to decide whether or not their work sites and systems are safe enough and necessary enough. It's also down to whether the contractors still make themselves available.

And with potholes (county) whether or not they have the money (they don't)
Huh? Where did the billion-pound pothole fund go? 🤔
I suspect it just got corona-ed!
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Apparently there's been a 24/7 lane closure at Lolworth in recent days to speed up the work.

Also looks like the lane closure at Swavesey might have been lifted?
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According to the A14C2H Facebook page the inbound A1307 Huntington Road is now open from the crematorium into Cambridge.

They also hope to have the LAR between Swavesey and Bar Hill open overnight on Wednesday 8th.
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I drove in on the newly opened bit of A1307 today. The cycleway is still being worked on between the edge of the works and the eastern roundabout, plus a couple of access points that cross it between the roundabouts.

The cycleway means that the northbound A1307 is a single lane across the pre-existing bridge over the A14. The roadway then widens to two lanes wide plus the cycleway (sorry, NMU path) but one lane has been hatched out (on the final surface, in permanent road paint) which is a curious choice. The southbound/inbound side still has a lane coned off but the bus lane will start very soon after the roundabout (it is all marked up)
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Sounds like the LAR will be just about finished by tomorrow. Driving from Cambridge to Bar Hill over the weekend I was impressed how much progress they've made:
  • The concrete central barrier appears to be almost complete from Milton to Girton and Girton to Bar Hill
  • Both carriageway from Histon to just before Girton appear complete
  • The bridge extensions across the busway and road to Smithy Fen are complete and tarmacked
The main parts left to do appear to be
  • Bar Hill roundabout and w/b on-slip
  • Closing up the gap at Lolworth once the LAR is open
    Completing the barriers between Dry Drayton and Bar Hill
    Girton junction (esp A14-A14 e/b link and A14-A428 e/b)
    Histon Roundabout
  • Milton e/b junction and new A10 freeflow link
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Now the new Bar Hill w/b on slip has been opened but there has been a delay with the LAR between Swavesy and Bar Hill of 'a few days'. There was also a reply on their Facebook page stating that the road now has 3 lanes open w/b from Lolworth.
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kiran_mk2 wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 16:04 Now the new Bar Hill w/b on slip has been opened but there has been a delay with the LAR between Swavesy and Bar Hill of 'a few days'. There was also a reply on their Facebook page stating that the road now has 3 lanes open w/b from Lolworth.
with things so quiet I doubt any delays like this are an issue
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Interesting article from New Civil Engineer about the demolition of the old road's bridge over the railway line at Huntingdon.

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innova ... 8-04-2020/

One interesting aspect is how this is seen very much as a chance to improve the setting and environment in Huntingdon, not just remove a ropey structure.
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Just spotted this on the A14C2H Twitter:
We're pleased to let you know that the A1307 local road between Swavesey and Bar Hill has been opened to two-way traffic this afternoon.

We know this has been a long-awaited section of road for many, but please stay safe and don't head out to travel on it unnecessarily.
If these were normal time's I'd definitely jump in the car to try it out!
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Godmanchester to Girton stretch closed both ways this weekend.

At least the new link road at Swavesey will take the pressure off the A1198 and A428, even in these quiet times.
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Ventured from Cambridge to Bar Hill recently. Looks like the majority of the westbound section is now complete:

-3 lanes from Milton (via tigertail/lane gain) through Histon.
-2 lanes now open of the new westbound-westbound Girton link and the merge with the M11 is now the full double lane gain.
-4 lanes running to Bar Hill and 3 lanes beyond this.
-50 mph speed limit from start of westbound-westbound Girton link at least as far as Bar Hill

Main things left do appear to be:

-final tarmac and lane markings at Histon junction
-road markings at Girton

A lot of the eastbound is closed for the weekend, but they appeared to be laying the final tarmac on the eastbound-eastbound Girton link so it wouldn't surprise me if the eastbound lanes are all opened with a 50 mph within the next week.
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Further update

-Speed limit now appears to be 50 mph both ways through the roadworks
-Lane 1 eastbound still coned off from Swavesy to Bar Hill although road and barriers appear complete
-Step backwards on number of lanes: tarmac actually taken up westbound through the Milton junction and around Histon junction resulting in reduction in number of lanes
-Eastbound A14-A14 link now has all tarmac and road markings - still reduced to one lane while the crash barriers are installed
-All road markings around Girton appear to have been added
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Need to be careful with exits- lack of temporary signage indicating at some points that the lane drop is the only opportunity to exit!
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