Since March this year we have been calling on the business community to show their support for our Just Dual It! Campaign, which aims to get the A47 fully dualled.
Norfolk Chamber, the EDP, and Norfolk County Council have been campaigning to convince the Government to commit to dualling the A47 trunk road from Lowestoft in the east, right across Norfolk and through to Peterborough in the west.
Currently just 47% of this major route is dual carriageway and while Highways England have committed to making £300m of improvements to the road, including dualling some stretches, this will still leave substantial sections of the A47 as single carriageway, with no current plans to dual them.
Whilst we have received significant support for the campaign from across the east of England, we have been advised by central Government that evidencing support from key businesses along the A47 route will be crucial to our chances of success – which is where you come in.
To date we have received over 70 letters of support from significant businesses across the county – we really want to make it over 100. If you haven’t sent your letter of support, please do it now. The business plan must be collated by mid October, so your earliest response would be appreciated.
If you agree with us that the A47 is vital to the region’s economy and believe getting the road fully dualled will benefit your business, please help us to make the case to the Government as strongly as we can by completing the enclosed outline template and returning it to us by either email to: [email protected]
Or by post:
Nova Fairbank
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
9 Norwich Business Park
Whiting Road
Norwich
NR4 6DJ
We have tried to make it as easy as possible for you to support the campaign, we hope it will take you no more than a few minutes. Your combined support will be vital in helping us to secure the much needed funding to dual the A47.
