For 30 years, Norfolk has campaigned for A47 dualling. I have personally been on the case for the last 15 years, working with fellow Norfolk MPs, the A47 Alliance and the EDP – and was delighted to get the then Prime Minister to Mid Norfolk back in 2014 to agree the next phase of A47 improvements. 

It has taken over 10 years to get to this stage because Dr Andrew Boswell and a small group of eco-campaigners kept holding up these crucial projects through endless legal wranglings – while we have been forced to suffer the terrible consequences of wholly inadequate safety and deadly accidents, as well as facing regular flooding disruption and sitting in pollution caused by constant congestion.

EDP Article: Announcement that A47 Norfolk dualling work is due to start