7. Consultation Statement

SECTION 153 OF THE PLANNING ACT 2008, PARAGRAPH 2 OF REGULATION 6 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (CHANGES TO, AND REVOCATION OF, DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDERS) REGULATIONS 2011 (AS AMENDED)

APPLICATION TO MAKE A NON-MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER: The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (SI 2016 No 547) (as corrected by the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent (Correction) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1121))

February 2019

Application for a Non-Material Change to The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (SI 2016/547) (as corrected by the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent (Correction) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1121))

Consultation and publicity statement

1. Introduction 1.1 This statement and its annexes constitute the consultation and publicity statement in connection with the non-material change application submitted by Highways England to the Secretary of State on 18 January 2019 (the ‘Application’). This statement is submitted under regulation 7A of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 as amended (the ‘2011 Regulations’).

2. Publicising the Application 2.1 Highways England confirms compliance with regulation 6 of the 2011 Regulations as follows: 2.1.1 Notice of the application (the Application Notice), including the matters prescribed under regulation 6(2) of the 2011 Regulations has been published in the Hunts Post and Cambridge News (being local newspapers published in the vicinity of the scheme) once in each of two consecutive weeks (being 23 and 30 January 2019). A copy of the form of Application Notice is provided as Annex 1 to this Statement. 2.1.2 The Application Notice includes: (a) the name of the applicant (b) a statement that the applicant is seeking a change to the DCO by way of an application to the Secretary of State (c) a summary of the main proposals in the application (d) confirmation of where the application can be inspected free of charge (e) confirmation that a fee will be charged for any copies made of the application documents (f) details of how to respond to the application (g) the deadline for receipt of those comments by the Secretary of State being a date not less than 28 days following the date on which the notice was last published.

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3. Consultation 3.1 Highways England confirms compliance with the requirements of regulation 7 of the 2011 Regulations as follows: 3.1.1 Letters enclosing a copy of the Application Notice were sent to consultees by first class post on Wednesday 23 January 2019 in accordance with regulation 7(1) of the 2011 Regulations. An example of the letter is provided at Annex 2. 3.1.2 The list of consultees was agreed with the Secretary of State prior to submission of the application in accordance with regulation 7(3) of the 2011 Regulations. A copy of the schedule of consultees is provided at Annex 3. 3.2 Copies of the application documents were placed for viewing free of charge at: • Bar Hill Library: Gladeside, Bar Hill, CB23 8DY • Buckden Library: Millennium Community Hall and Sports Centre, Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 5UY • Cambridge Central Library: 7 Lion Yard; Cambridge; CB2 3QD • Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority: The Incubator 2, First Floor, Alconbury Weald Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4WX • Huntingdon Library: Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA • St Ives Library: 4 Library Row Station Rd, St Ives, PE27 5BW

3.3 The documents will be available for viewing at the locations from 23 January 2019 until 28 February 2019. An example of the letter sent to the viewing locations is provided at Annex 4. 3.4 The documents will be checked regularly to ensure that none have been removed and that a full set of application documents remains available until 28 February. 3.5 The application documents were also made available on the planning Inspectorate website from 23 January 2019: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/eastern/a14-cambridge- to-huntingdon-improvement-scheme/ with links provided to it from the project’s website and facebook page.

4. Additional engagement and publication 4.1 More than 250,000 people live and work close to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme. 85,000 journeys are made on the existing A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon every day. Highways England wanted to make them aware of the motorway classification proposal and so carried out some early engagement activity in late 2018. 4.2 This early engagement activity supported but was in addition to the duty to consult requirement of regulation 7A of the 2011 Regulations as part of the development consent order amendment application process.

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4.3 In September 2018 Highways England publicly announced its desire to reclassify the A14 between Girton and the new Ellington junction, and the A1 from Alconbury to Brampton, as motorway. Activities included: a) A briefing for Cambridgeshire County Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Huntingdonshire District Council members and officers explaining the proposed changes b) A letter explaining the proposed changes was written to 57 local stakeholders – authorities, businesses, farmers and land owners – with whom the project team has existing relationships and who it was considered may be affected by the reclassification to motorway c) Articles were published on the project’s website, facebook page, and Twitter feed d) A press release was issued e) The scheme’s mobile visitors’ centre went to communities along the route through the autumn. Copies of engagement materials are provided at Annex 5. 4.4 The local media carried the news on TV, radio, in print and online. A summary of coverage is provided at Annex 6. 4.5 The project team took the scheme’s mobile visitors’ centre to venues around the area to give member so the public opportunities to learn about the scheme and the motorway proposal, and to ask questions. 4.6 The mobile visitors’ centre attended six locations between September and December, where more than 700 people visited the centre and spoke to the team. Motorway status was not a topic of conversation. Visitors were interested in other topics including progress, timing of work, traffic management and roadworks. 4.7 The project was invited to and attended two parish council meetings: Hilton Parish Council; Longstanton Parish Council. The topics of discussion are captured in Annex 7: feedback log. 4.8. Feedback 4.8.1 in addition to the aforementioned engagement activity Highways England gathers feedback from all interested parties via its national Customer Contact Centre (call centre and correspondence team), websites and social media channels, and a project-specific email inbox and customer helpline. A total of 23 pieces of feedback were received about the motorway status proposal as a result of Highways England’s early engagement activity and all were logged, reviewed and, where appropriate, answered and acted-on. These are summarised by theme, with responses, at Annex 7. 4.8.2 Meetings were requested by two parish councils and two farming businesses in the area, all asking for more information about how they could be affected by the proposed change to motorway status. The project team also met with Cambridgeshire Constabulary to explain the proposal and, I January 2019, presented an overview of the proposal to the Huntingdon branch of the

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National Farmers Union. Themes from these meetings are included in the feedback summary provided at Annex 7. 4.9. Summary of pre-application engagement activities 4.9.1 Highways England publicly announced its motorway proposal in September using the media and its own tools to raise awareness with road users across the eastern region and to the authorities, businesses and the 250,000 people who live and work in the vicinity. 4.9.2 Highways England gave opportunities for anyone to submit their views, ask questions and enter into conversations about the motorway proposal and all other aspects of the scheme. Only 23 contacts were received about the motorway proposal.

5. Summary of engagement, publicity and consultation activities 5.1 A widespread public engagement and publicity campaign beginning September 2018 raised awareness of the motorway proposal across the area. 5.2 Highways England confirms compliance with the 2011 Regulations by publicising the application in the Hunts Post and Cambridge News on 23 and 30 January 2019, making copies of the application available for public inspection at six locations along the length of the scheme, and by writing to consultees. The application documents were also made available on the Planning Inspectorate website from 23 January 2019.

Highways England 7 February 2019

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Annex 1 Application Notice

SECTION 153 OF THE PLANNING ACT 2008 PARAGRAPH 2 OF REGULATION 6 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (CHANGES TO, AND REVOCATION OF, DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDERS) REGULATIONS 2011 (AS AMENDED) NOTICE TO MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER: The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (SI 2016 No 547) (as corrected by the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent (Correction) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1121)) Notice is hereby given that an application has been made by Highways England Company Limited of Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ to the Secretary of State for Transport to make a non-material change to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (as corrected by the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent (Correction) Order 2017) (the Order) under the Planning Act 2008 (the Application). The Order grants development consent for the improvement of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon and the A1 between Alconbury and Brampton. The Application seeks to make a non-material amendment to the Order in relation to the status of the A14 between Girton and new Ellington junction, and the A1 between Alconbury and Brampton (the Roads); both to be reclassified from trunk road to motorway. Consent is sought to change the Roads’ classification to motorway including the use of variable mandatory speed limits to manage traffic flow when appropriate. No change is sought to the classification of the A14 Cambridge Northern Bypass, east of Girton, or of any other roads. Copies of the Application Copies of the Application can be inspected, free of charge, at the following locations until 28 February 2019: • Bar Hill Library: Gladeside, Bar Hill, CB23 8DY. Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday 10am to 5pm; Tuesday and Friday 2pm to 5pm; Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm. • Buckden Library: Millennium Community Hall and Sports Centre, Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 5UY. Opening hours: Tuesday 2pm to 5pm; Thursday 2pm to 5pm; Friday 5pm to 8pm; Saturday 10am to 1pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm.

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• Cambridge Central Library: 7 Lion Yard; Cambridge; CB2 3QD. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm. • Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority: The Incubator 2, First Floor, Alconbury Weald Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4WX. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm. • Huntingdon Library: Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA. Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9.30am to 5pm; Wednesday 9.30am to 7pm; Thursday 9.30am to 1.30pm; Saturday 10am to 4pm. • St Ives Library: 4 Library Row Station Rd, St Ives, PE27 5BW. Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday 9.30 to 5pm; Thursday 10am to 1pm; Friday 9.30am to 7pm; Saturday 9.30 to 4pm. A copy of the Application documents, maps and plans can be viewed online on the Planning Inspectorate’s website: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/eastern/a14-cambridge-to- huntingdon-improvement-scheme/ The documents can also be provided on request by emailing [email protected] or by calling 0300 123 5000. Paper copies of the full suite of documents are available for a copying charge of £150. Please send any representations about the application by email to the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the Secretary of State) at [email protected] or in writing to Major Applications & Plans, The Planning Inspectorate, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN. Please quote TR010018 on any correspondence. Please note that representations must be made to the Planning Inspectorate by 11.59pm on 28 February 2019.

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Copies of public notices as published

Cambridge News, 23 January 2019 Page 7 of 56

Hunts Post, 23 January 2019 Page 8 of 56

Cambridge News, 30 January 2019

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Annex 2 Letter to consultees

Our ref: 20190123 - TR010018 Woodlands Manton Lane Bedford MK41 7LW

23 January 2019

Dear

The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (SI 2016/547) (as corrected by the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent (Correction) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1121))

Application for a Non-Material Change under Regulation 4 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011

In 2016 the Secretary of State for Transport granted a development consent order (DCO) for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme, which we have been constructing for the past two years. In 2018 the Roads Minister therefore asked Highways England to make an application to reclassify the new road as a motorway to gain the extra safety and journey time benefits the application of Motorway Regulations would afford.

I am writing to inform you that we have now submitted an application to the Planning Inspectorate to request a change to the scheme’s development consent order to allow the road’s status to be changed. I enclose a copy of the public notice which will appear in the Hunts Post and Cambridge News on 23 and 30 January, announcing our application.

If you wish to make representation to the Planning Inspectorate in support or otherwise you can do so by writing to [email protected], quoting reference TR010018, by 11.59pm on 28 February.

Once this consultation is concluded, the application will be assessed, taking into account any representations received before the Secretary of State for Transport makes a decision on the application. We anticipate a decision later this year.

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Implications of the new A14 becoming a motorway Because the scheme’s design meets the current standards for a modern motorway we’re not changing what we’re building. The route stays the same and the junctions don’t change.

An overview of the differences of motorway status:

What would not change What would change

1. The road’s engineering, design and 1. A14 to become A14(M) between Girton physical layout other than minor and the new Ellington junction adjustments necessary to support the 2. A1 to become A1(M) between Alconbury introduction of Motorway Regulations and Brampton 2. Junction positions and designs 3. Motorway Regulations applied to 3. A14 Cambridge northern bypass (Girton A14(M) from Girton to the new Ellington to Milton) remains as a trunk road junction and the extended A1(M) from 4. Prohibition of pedestrians, cyclists, Alconbury to Brampton, including equestrians from the route prohibition of slow-moving vehicles 5. Alternative routes and new facilities (farm machinery and vehicles under being provided for pedestrians, cyclists, 50cc) equestrians 4. Blue motorway signs replace green 6. Crossing points and bridges for local signs roads so communities remain connected 5. Provision for using variable mandatory to their neighbours speed limits on the motorway to help 7. Alternative routes avoiding the new A14 manage traffic flow efficiency and safety and widened A1 using existing and new around incidents local roads 6. Small transfer of traffic from local roads 8. Access to farms and land is all from to the motorway, helping get the right local roads, not the new A14 traffic on the right roads 9. New A14 open to traffic by end 2020 7. Small noise and air quality effects, in 10. Scheme total cost line with the traffic volume changes, 11. Traffic Officer service patrolling the which are not significant. route.

The benefits of reclassifying the new A14 as a motorway:

Safety Journey speed and reliability • Motorways are twice as safe as A-road • We designed the road to provide mile-a- dual carriageways and six times safer minute journeys. Removing slow moving than single-carriageway roads. Our traffic such as farm vehicles and mopeds motorways are amongst the world’s will improve journey times and further safest roads. improve safety. • We have built new roads and paths for local traffic, pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders as part of the scheme.

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You can read our full application on the Planning Inspectorate’s website: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/eastern/a14-cambridge-to- huntingdon-improvement-scheme/.

Stay in touch with the scheme’s progress at https://highwaysengland.co.uk/a14-cambridge-to- huntingdon-improvement-scheme-home/.

Yours sincerely,

David Bray Project Director, A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

Enclosure: public (application) notice.

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Notice is hereby given that an application has been made by Highways England Company Limited of Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ to the Secretary of State for Transport to make a non-material change to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (as corrected by the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent (Correction) Order 2017) (the Order) under the Planning Act 2008 (the Application).

The Order grants development consent for the improvement of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon and the A1 between Alconbury and Brampton. The Application seeks to make a non- material amendment to the Order in relation to the status of the A14 between Girton and new Ellington junction, and the A1 between Alconbury and Brampton (the Roads); both to be reclassified from trunk road to motorway.

Consent is sought to change the Roads’ classification to motorway including the use of variable mandatory speed limits to manage traffic flow when appropriate. No change is sought to the classification of the A14 Cambridge Northern Bypass, east of Girton, or of any other roads.

Copies of the Application Copies of the Application can be inspected, free of charge, at the following locations until 28 February 2019: • Bar Hill Library: Gladeside, Bar Hill, CB23 8DY. Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday 10am to 5pm; Tuesday and Friday 2pm to 5pm; Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm. • Buckden Library: Millennium Community Hall and Sports Centre, Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 5UY. Opening hours: Tuesday 2pm to 5pm; Thursday 2pm to 5pm; Friday 5pm to 8pm; Saturday 10am to 1pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm. • Cambridge Central Library: 7 Lion Yard, Cambridge, CB2 3QD. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm. • Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority: The Incubator 2, First Floor, Alconbury Weald Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4WX. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm. • Huntingdon Library: Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA. Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9.30am to 5pm; Wednesday 9.30am to 7pm; Thursday 9.30am to 1.30pm; Saturday 10am to 4pm. • St Ives Library: 4 Library Row Station Rd, St Ives, PE27 5BW. Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday 9.30 to 5pm; Thursday 10am to 1pm; Friday 9.30am to 7pm; Saturday 9.30 to 4pm.

A copy of the Application documents, maps and plans can be viewed online on the Planning Inspectorate’s website: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/eastern/a14- cambridge-to-huntingdon-improvement-scheme/

The documents can also be provided on request by emailing [email protected] or by calling 0300 123 5000. Paper copies of the full suite of documents are available for a copying charge of £150.

Please send any representations about the application by email to the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the Secretary of State) at [email protected] or in writing to Major Applications & Plans, The Planning Inspectorate, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN. Please quote TR010018 on any correspondence.

Please note that representations must be made to the Planning Inspectorate by 11.59pm on 28 February 2019.

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Annex 3 Schedule of consultees Consultees written-to on 23 January 2019 using letter in Annex 2:

Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Ag-Reserves Extra MSA Services Ltd Network Rail Infrastructure (Cambridge Services) Ltd Alconbury Parish Council Farmland Reserve UK New Anglia LEP Transport Limited Forum Alconbury Weald Enterprise Federation of Small New Anglia Local Enterprise Campus Businesses Partnership for Norfolk and Suffolk Alconbury Weston Parish Federation of Small NHS England Council Businesses East Anglia Anglian Water Federation of Small Nicholas Ian Cecil Wright Businesses East of England Group Ann Marion Looker Felixstowe Port Users Norfolk County Council Association Anthony William Carr Fen Ditton Parish Council North Hertfordshire District Council Arbury Court Library Fen Drayton Parish Council Northamptonshire County Council Arriva CrossCountry Fenland District Council Northstowe Parish Forum Associated British Ports Fenstanton Parish Council Northstowe Transport Working Group (NTWG) Bar Hill Parish Council Fenstanton Parochial Oakington and Westwick Church Council Parish Council Bedford Borough Council Forestry Commission Offord Darcy and Offord Cluny Parish Council Bedford Group of Internal Freight Transport Oil and Pipelines Agency - Drainage Boards Association now CLH-PS Bedford IDB G & MA Wedd Limited Old West IDB Boxworth Farming Company Gas Transportation Orchard Park Community Ltd Company Council Boxworth Parish Council Gastrans Ordnance Survey Braintree District Council George Lenton Trust Over and Willingham IDB Brampton Parish Council George Stocker Peter David Burton British Cycling Gillian Penelope Burgess Peter Sadler British Motorcyclists Girton Parish Council Peterborough City Council Federation (BMF) British Transport Police Godmanchester Town Philip Charles Cooper Council Bt Group Plc Greater Cambridge PX Farms Limited Federation of Small Businesses BT Openreach Greater Cambridge Greater RAF Alconbury Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership Buckden Parish Council Greater Peterborough RAF Wyton Primary Care Partnership Byways and Bridleways Harry Raby Rail Freight Group Trust

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Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder CABE at Design Council Health and Safety Executive Ramblers Association Cable and Wireless - Heidi Allen Richards Brothers Vodafone UK Cadent Gas Hemingford Abbots Parish Road Haulage Association Council Cambridge Airport Hemingford Grey Parish Robert William Eayrs Council Cambridge C.M.H.T for Herbert Burgess Roger Alfred Benjamin Older People Everdell Cambridge City Council Hertfordshire County Roger Cowell Council Cambridge Cycling Hertfordshire Local Royal Automobile Club Campaign Enterprise Partnership Cambridge Water Company Hilgave Farming Royal Mail Group Plc Cambridge Water Company Hilton Parish Council Sally Williams Plc Cambridgeshire and Histon and Impington Parish Samuel Henry Swaine Peterborough Clinical Council Commissioning Group Cambridgeshire Chambers HM Treasury Samuel Terence Raby of Commerce Cambridgeshire Homes and Communities Secretary Of State For Constabulary Agency. Defence Now Homes England Cambridgeshire County Horningsea Parish Council Shailesh Vara Council Cambridgeshire Fire and Howard Cooper Shell Fenstanton Rescue Service Cambridgeshire Local Huntingdon District Council Shell Godmanchester Access Forum Cambridgeshire Police and Huntingdon Freemen’s Trust South Cambridgeshire Crime Commissioner District Council Campaign to Protect Rural Huntingdon Town Council South East Midlands Local England (CPRE) Enterprise Partnership Central Bedfordshire Huntingdonshire District SSE Council Council Chivers Farms Huntingdonshire Federation St Edmundsbury Borough of Small Businesses Council Christopher Curry Huntingdonshire Primary St Ives Town Council Care Trust. Replaced by NHS Cambridgeshire And Peterborough CCG Church Commissioners for Hutchison Ports UK Ltd Stagecoach England (Felixstowe Port) Confederation of British Ian Anthony Cecil Wright Suffolk County Council Industry (CBI) Confederation of Passenger Inland Waterways Sustrans Transport (CPT) Association Conington Parish Council Institute of Advanced Swavesey & District Motorists IAM Bridleways Association Country Land and Business J Shepperson Ltd Swavesey IDB (Middle Level Association Commissioners)

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Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Crown Estate J.W. Burgess And Sons Swavesey Parish Council Commissioners Limited Cycling UK - formerly CTC James Edward Aldridge Tenant Farmers Association Daniel Zeichner James Palmer, mayor of The AA (Automobile Cambridgeshire and Association Peterborough Combined Authority David Gordon Carr James Peck, PX Farms The British Horse Society Department for Business, James Winter The Busway Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Department of Energy and Climate Change. Formerly Department for Business Innovation and Skills Department for James Witherow The Camping and Communities and Local Caravanning Club Government Department for Digital, Jenny Newman The Canal and Rivers Trust Culture, Media and Sport Department for John Shepherd Burgess The Canal and Rivers Trust Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department for Transport John Witherow The Caravan and Motorhome Club Disabled Motoring UK Joint Nature Conservation The Chancellor Master and Committee Scholars of the University of Cambridge Disabled Persons Transport Jonathan Djanogly The Ely Diocesan Board of Advisory Committee Finance Driver and Vehicle Licensing Keith William Burgess The Master Fellows and Agency (DVLA) Scholars of the College of Saint John The Evangelist in the University of Cambridge Driver and Vehicle Lincolnshire County Council The Pony Club Standards Agency (formerly VOSA) Driving Standards Agency Lolworth Parish Council The Stukeleys Parish (DSA). Replaced by DVSA Council Dry Drayton Estate Limited Longstanton Parish Council Tim Rose Dry Drayton Parish Council Lucy Frazer Tom Stocker East Anglian Air Ambulance Madingley Parish Council Traffic England East Cambridgeshire District Magpas Traffic Master Council East Northamptonshire Marcos Macou Trinity College Council East of England Ambulance Martin Bernhard Jensen Trumpington Estate Service NHS Trust East of England Strategic Milton Parish Council UK Power Networks Limited Health Authority Elizabeth Ann Ruston Ministry of Defence University Farms Ellington Parish Council Mr Timothy Brawn Uttlesford District Council

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Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Ely Group of Internal National Express Virgin Media Limited Drainage Boards English Heritage National Farmers Union Welney Farms Property Ltd Environment Agency National Grid Whippet Essex County Council National Institute Of WHT Holdings Ltd Agricultural Botany Trust Essex Federation of Small NATS En-Route (NERL) Businesses Safeguarding Evelyn Rosemary Burton Natural England

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Annex 4 Letter to deposit locations along the scheme where printed copies of the non-material application can be inspected by the public

Our ref: 20190118-03 TR010018 Woodlands Manton Lane Bedford MK41 7LW

0300 123 5000

18 January 2019

Dear Sirs

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme – displaying documents for members of the public to inspect

Thank you for agreeing to hold the accompanying set of documents in your public areas for members of the public to view free of charge. They comprise our application to the Planning Inspectorate requesting permission to reclassify part of the new A14 as a motorway.

A public notice in the Hunts Post and Cambridge News on 23 and 30 January will formally advertise our application for an amendment to the scheme’s development consent order to the Planning Inspectorate. The notice lists all the locations where copies of the application can be viewed – I have appended the list to this letter for your information.

Please ensure the documents are available to view between 23 January and 28 February during your normal opening hours. Please do not allow them to be removed. Members of the public can request a copy from us (via [email protected] or by calling 0300 123 5000) for a reproduction fee of £150. The documents can also be viewed or downloaded free of charge from the Planning Inspectorate’s website (https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/eastern/a14-cambridge-to- huntingdon-improvement-scheme/).

My team will inspect the set periodically to ensure it is complete. Where necessary we will replace missing content. At the end of the period we will collect them from you. In the meantime, if you need replacement documents please contact XXXXX on 0123456789, or email [email protected].

Once again, thank you for agreeing to hold our documents on your premises for the period.

Yours faithfully,

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David Bray Project Director, A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

List of document viewing locations The documents can be inspected, free of charge, at the following locations until 28 February 2018:

• Bar Hill Library: Gladeside, Bar Hill, CB23 8DY. Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday 10am to 5pm; Tuesday and Friday 2pm to 5pm; Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm. • Buckden Library: Millennium Community Hall and Sports Centre, Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 5UY. Opening hours: Tuesday 2pm to 5pm; Thursday 2pm to 5pm; Friday 5pm to 8pm; Saturday 10am to 1pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm. • Cambridge Central Library: 7 Lion Yard; Cambridge; CB2 3QD. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm. • Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority: The Incubator 2, First Floor, Alconbury Weald Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4WX. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm. • Huntingdon Library: Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA. Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9.30am to 5pm; Wednesday 9.30am to 7pm; Thursday 9.30am to 1.30pm; Saturday 10am to 4pm. • St Ives Library: 4 Library Row Station Rd, St Ives, PE27 5BW. Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday 9.30 to 5pm; Thursday 10am to 1pm; Friday 9.30am to 7pm; Saturday 9.30 to 4pm.

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Annex 5 Engagement materials used September to December 2018

Email from project director to local Members of Parliament, 6 September 2018

Sent to: Daniel Zeichner MP (Cambridge) Heidi Allen MP (South Cambridgeshire) Jonathan Djanogly MP (Huntingdon) Lucy Frazer MP (South East Cambridgeshire) Shailesh Vara MP (North West Cambridgeshire)

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme update Dear XXX,

The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme is approaching the half way point of its construction and remains on time and within funding to open in 2020. Throughout the construction phase Highways England continues to review the scheme to ensure that we deliver an upgrade that offers road users safe journeys and reliability.

As part of the review work, Highways England has been exploring re-classifying the section of road between Ellington and Girton to motorway standard by the time the new road opens.

We are also considering extending the motorway status to include the A1 between Brampton and Alconbury to join with the existing A1(M). This would then provide a continuous motorway-standard of road from London to Peterborough via the M11.

The country’s motorways are among the safest in the world and our proposal will place the right traffic on the right roads without requiring any changes to the design of the road upgrade which already meets the motorway standard. However, roads signs will change from green to blue and the road will have the capability of imposing variable speed limits.

We are already providing alternative routes for local traffic, as well as for pedestrians, cyclists and horse drawn vehicles. The proposed re-classification would also prohibit vehicles under 50cc and agricultural vehicles from using the new road. This change would affect some farmers, however, we have already designed-in alternative routes for this traffic and provided alternative means of access to land which do not rely on the new A14.

The proposal, will require an amendment to the scheme’s development consent order (DCO) via the Planning Inspectorate and ultimately approval by the Secretary of State for Transport.

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You and your constituents will have an opportunity to give the Planning Inspectorate your views on the amendments later this year once our application is submitted.

We will, of course, keep you updated as we go through this process and I would be happy to arrange a call or a meeting at a convenient time to discuss the proposed re-classification in greater detail if that would be helpful, please contact me at YYYYYYYYYY.

Yours sincerely,

David Bray A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme project director

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Email to 21 parish councils along the scheme, 7 September 2018

Plans for part of A14 upgrade to become a motorway

We have undertaken a preliminary study to explore reclassifying the new A14 between Girton and Ellington as motorway. We are also considering extending the motorway status to include the A1 between Brampton and Alconbury to join with the existing A1(M). This would create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough.

The benefits of a motorway are increased safety and more reliable journeys. To achieve this, motorway regulations prohibit certain road users. The prohibition of pedestrians, cyclists and horse drawn vehicles was already included in the planning for the new A14. Prohibition would be extended to cover vehicles under 50cc and agricultural vehicles. However, as you know, we have already designed-in alternative routes for this traffic and provided alternative means of access to land which do not rely on the new A14.

Please be assured that the design and engineering of the route will not change. We still plan on opening the road by the end of 2020.

The next step in the process of reclassifying the road is completion of a detailed traffic and environmental assessment, later this year. We will then apply to the Planning Inspectorate for an amendment to the scheme’s development consent order to allow us to change the road classification from trunk road to motorway. You will have an opportunity to give the Planning Inspectorate your views on the amendments at that point.

For your information I have attached a copy of our press release on the subject, published today, and a plan of the scheme showing the extent of the proposed motorway status. In the coming weeks we will be speaking with farmers and land owners. We will also taking our mobile visitors centre out and about – please let us know whether you’d like it to come to a location near you.

If you have any questions, please speak with your usual project contact or contact us at [email protected].

Regards,

Mike Evans A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Highways England

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Letter to 57 specific stakeholders, 17 September 2018 17 September 2018 Dear A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon – proposal to become a motorway As you may be aware from recent media coverage, we have undertaken a preliminary study to explore reclassifying the new A14 between Girton and Ellington as motorway. We are also considering extending the motorway status to include the A1 between Brampton and Alconbury to join with the existing A1(M). This would then provide a continuous motorway link from London to Peterborough via the M11.

Originally designed as, and intended to be, a high quality all-purpose trunk road (A- road), the route meets the latest modern motorway design standards. As such it now makes sense to open it as a motorway instead.

The benefits of a motorway are increased safety and more reliable journeys. To achieve this, motorway regulations prohibit certain road users. The prohibition of pedestrians, cyclists and horse drawn vehicles was already included in the planning for the new A14. Prohibition would be extended to cover vehicles under 50cc and agricultural vehicles. This change could affect you if you are considering using the new A14 for slow moving farm machinery. However, we have already designed-in alternative routes for this traffic and provided alternative means of access to adjacent land which do not rely on the new A14.

Please be assured that the design and engineering of the route will not change. We still plan on opening the road by the end of 2020.

We are aware that changing the road classification to motorway could affect you, hence our getting in touch now. If you have any questions, please speak with your usual project contact or contact us at [email protected].

Yours sincerely

David Bray Project Director – A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme

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Online and social media

A14 project Facebook page – news story

Published 7 September 2018 https://www.facebook.com/A14C2H/?ref=br_rs

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A14 project Twitter feed

Published 7 September 2018 https://twitter.com/A14C2H

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A14 project website – news story

Published 7 September 2018 https://highwaysengland.co.uk/category/a14- cambridge-to-huntingdon/

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Briefing for councillors, 13 September, Swavesey project office

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Press statement 07 September 2018

Plans for part of A14 upgrade to become a motorway

Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once upgrade work is complete, bringing economic and safety benefits, under plans announced by Highways England today (Friday 7 September).

The move will create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough and will increase safety and improve journeys by encouraging local and long-distance traffic onto the most suitable routes.

Highways England is nearly half way through the £1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon – the biggest road upgrade currently in construction in the UK.

Caption: an impression of the new road at Swavesey, including a dedicated bridge for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians

That means the main section of the A14 upgrade between the M11 and the A1(M) can have the benefits of a motorway – including variable speed limits which reduce congestion and help

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Highways England project director David Bray said:

“We want the A14 upgrade to be the safest and best road it can possibly be, and we now have an opportunity to make our already robust plans even better by putting the right traffic onto the right roads when the new A14 opens to traffic.

“Creating a motorway link between the A1(M) and the M11 will mean motorists and hauliers carrying goods across the country will be able to travel more smoothly and safely, while local and slow moving traffic will benefit from the new routes we are introducing.”

Cambridgeshire County Councillor Ian Bates said:

“The A14 was completely off the agenda until we led a charge with local MPs and partner councils to get the much-needed improvements on this congested road. We fully support the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon major upgrade, which is why we contributed financially.

“The A14 becoming a motorway will improve connectivity from the M11 to the A1 at Alconbury and will serve Peterborough. The upgrade of this road is vital to boost the local economy and create jobs. Cambridgeshire’s economy is recognised as being able to help kick start the national economy and unblocking the A14 plays an important part in that.”

Later this year, Highways England will formally ask the Planning Inspectorate to amend the road’s status from trunk road to motorway, in time for the project opening in 2020. The Secretary of State for Transport will then make the final decision next year.

If the change is given the go ahead, motorway status will also be extended to a three-mile section of the A1 from Alconbury to Brampton, which will be re-named as A1(M).

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The A14 upgrade already includes new routes for local traffic, which will be usable by non- motorway traffic, as well as improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.

Work on building the £1.5bn upgrade to the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon started in November 2016. The project includes widening a total of seven miles of the A14 in each direction (across two sections), a major new bypass south of Huntingdon, widening a three- mile section of the A1 and demolition of a viaduct at Huntingdon, which will support improvements in the town.

For the latest information about the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, visit https://highwaysengland.co.uk/a14c2h, follow @HighwaysEast and @A14C2H on Twitter and visit the scheme’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/A14C2H/

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. Highways England is the wholly government-owned company responsible for modernising, maintaining and operating England’s motorways and major A roads.

2. About the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme Images of the scheme are available to download at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoeN9MzdoO48hF5iBw-E50AteG_6

The £1.5bn project will upgrade 21 miles of the A14 to three lanes in each direction adding additional capacity, boosting the local and national economy and cutting up to 20 minutes off journeys.

The project will include a major new bypass for Huntingdon, widening the A1 between Brampton and Alconbury, widening the existing A14 between Swavesey and Milton and improving the junctions at Bar Hill, Swavesey, Girton, Histon and Milton. The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme will also include improvements in Huntingdon town centre, including the demolition of the A14 viaduct and new local access roads.

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The new bypass and widened A14 will open to traffic by the end of 2020, although some finishing work such as the removal of the A14 viaduct in Huntingdon will continue beyond that.

The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme is being delivered on behalf of Highways England by a joint venture of UK contractors and design consultants: Balfour Beatty, Costain and Skanska and for design, Atkins and CH2M. The delivery team is known as the A14 Integrated Delivery Team.

3. Real-time traffic information for England’s motorways and major A roads is available: - From the web at www.highways.gov.uk/traffic or from a phone or mobile device at m.highways.gov.uk - By phone from the Highways England Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 at any time. (Calls to 03 numbers are charged at no more than a national call to an 01 or 02 number and are included in all discount schemes and call allowances. This applies to all landlines, mobiles and payphones. Call costs will vary depending on your landline or mobile supplier.) Make sure it’s safe and legal before you call. Before using any mobile, find a safe place to park. Never stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency. - On Apple and Android mobile devices via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. - From Twitter – there are eight feeds with live traffic information provided by region. For information on roads in the East of England follow us at @Highways EAST or for the full index visit www.highways.gov.uk/twitter.

Issued by Highways England.

For further information please contact the Highways England East press office on 0300 4704860. Media enquiries out of hours should be made to Highways England’s National Press Office (24hrs) on 0844 693 1448 (option 1).

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Annex 6 Summary of media coverage

Press coverage report

Summary of media coverage of intention to reclassify A14 as motorway, September 2018

Plans announced to reclassify 18-mile stretch of A14 as motorway Evening Star (Ipswich), Main, p. 21, Katy Sandalls, 13/09/2018. Circulation: 20,000 Plans to re-classify nearly 20 miles of the A14 to motorway after a major upgrade is completed have been welcomed. Highways England has announced it wants 18 miles of the A14 re-classed as motorway once a £1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon is finished. This will see the main section of the A14 between the M11 and the A1(M) reclassified as motorway and will see variable speed limits introduced to reduce congestion and help traffic move more smoothly. It will be called the A14(M) when it opens in 2020 and will create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough. Highways England project director, David Bray, commented.

18-mile stretch of A14 to become a new motorway Cambridge Independent, Main, p. 7, Unattributed, 12/09/2018. Circulation: 7,800 The upgraded A14 in Cambridgeshire could become the country's newest section of motorway, under plans announced by Highways England. David Bray, the project director for the £1.5billion upgrade, told the Cambridge Independent the move will make the road safer and improve the reliability of journeys. Cambridgeshire county councillor Ian Bates said: "The A14 becoming a motorway will improve connectivity from the M11 to the A1 at Alconbury and will serve Peterborough. The upgrade of this road is vital to boost the local economy and will create jobs

Upgraded A14 will be a motorway Cambridge News , Main, p. 5, Unattributed, 08/09/2018. Circulation:54,000 The upgraded A14 is set to become a motorway, with the stretch between Girton near Cambridge and Ellington near Huntingdon to be known as the A14(M). Highways England's A14 project director David Bray announced the aim of making the road a motorway was "to further improve the safety and efficiency of the new road." The project, which started in

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2016, is set to finish by December 2020, and the change to motorway status doesn't mean it will take longer or be more expensive.

Plans to reclassify 18-mile stretch of A14 as motorway after upgrade announced East Anglian Daily Times (Essex), Main, p. 6, Katy Sandalls, 08/09/2018. Circulation:30,000 Plans to re-classify nearly 20 miles of the A14 to motorway after a major upgrade is completed have been welcomed. Highways England has announced it wants 18 miles of the A14 re-classed as motorway once a £1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon is finished. This will see the main section of the A14 between the M11 and the A1(M) reclassified as motorway and will see variable speed limits introduced to reduce congestion and help traffic move more smoothly. It will be called the A14(M) when it opens in 2020 and will create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough, Highways England project director David Bray said: "We want the A14 upgrade to be the safest and best road it can possibly be."

BROADCAST

Highways England featured ITV 1 Anglia E, Main, ITV News Anglia, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 18:00, 00:05:00 Highways England is proposing for an 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway. The agency is almost halfway through a GBP1.5bn project to re- route 21 miles of the A14 in Cambridgeshire.

Highways England featured BBC 1 Cambridge, Main, Look East; Weather, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 13:30, 00:05:00 Highways England is proposing for an 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway. The agency is almost halfway through a GBP1.5bn project to re- route 21 miles of the A14 in Cambridgeshire.

Highways England featured ITV 1 Anglia W, Main, ITV News Anglia, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 18:00, 00:05:00 The upgraded A14 is set to become a motorway, with the stretch between Girton near Cambridge and Ellington near Huntingdon to be known as the A14M. A stretch of trunk road currently undergoing upgrade work could be designated as a motorway, Highways England has said.

Motorway designation

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BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Main, Chris Mann, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 09:00, 00:05:00 A stretch of trunk road currently undergoing upgrade work could be designated as a motorway, Highways England has said. The agency is almost halfway through a GBP1.5bn project to re-route 21 miles of the A14 in Cambridgeshire. The new A14 would be on an 18- mile section of the road between the Cambridge M11 junction and Huntingdon, if government approves the proposal.

David Bray comments Heart Peterborough, Main, Hannah Clarkson, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 16:00, 00:05:00 Highways England is proposing for an 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway. David Bray from Highways England says creating a motorway link between the A1(M) and the M11 will mean motorists and hauliers carrying goods across the country will be able to travel more smoothly and safely, while local and slow moving traffic will benefit from the new routes they are introducing.

David Bray comments Heart Cambridge, Main, Hannah Clarkson, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 16:00, 00:05:00 Highways England is proposing for an 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway. David Bray from Highways England says creating a motorway link between the A1(M) and the M11 will mean motorists and hauliers carrying goods across the country will be able to travel more smoothly and safely, while local and slow moving traffic will benefit from the new routes they are introducing.

David Bray comments Heart Bedford, Main, Luke Smith, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 16:00, 00:05:00 Highways England is proposing for an 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway. David Bray from Highways England says Creating a motorway link between the A1(M) and the M11 will mean motorists and hauliers carrying goods across the country will be able to travel more smoothly and safely, while local and slow moving traffic will benefit from the new routes they are introducing.

David Bray comments BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Main, Dotty McLeod, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 07:00, 00:05:00 An 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway if proposals from Highways England are approved. Highways England is nearly half way through a GBP1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. David Bray, Project Director at Highways England explains the reason for the upgradation.

Motorway designation BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Main, Dotty McLeod, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 07:00, 00:05:00

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An 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway if proposals from Highways England are approved. Highways England is nearly half way through a GBP1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon.

Motorway designation Heart Bedford, Main, Matt and Michelle, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 06:00, 00:05:00 An 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway if proposals from Highways England are approved. Highways England said it is due to open in 2020.

Motorway designation Heart Peterborough, Main, Kev and Ros, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 06:00, 00:05:00 An 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway if proposals from Highways England are approved. Highways England is nearly half way through a GBP1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon.

Motorway designation Heart Cambridge, Main, Kev and Ros, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 06:00, 00:05:00 An 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway if proposals from Highways England are approved. Highways England is nearly half way through a GBP1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon.

Motorway designation BBC 1 East, Main, Breakfast, 07/09/2018, 07/09/2018 06:00, 00:05:00 An 18 mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway if proposals from Highways England are approved. Highways England is nearly half way through a GBP1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon.

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Five things that have changed in Suffolk this week East Anglian Daily Times (Web), Main, Unattributed, 09/09/2018. Readership: 44,000 Highways England revealed plans to have 18 miles of the A14 classified as a motorway once upgrades have been completed. The move is set to create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough - Highways England hope that the changes will bring economic and safety benefits. Read the full details and plans in the link above.

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BBC (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership: 1.9m A stretch of trunk road currently undergoing upgrade work could be designated as a motorway, Highways England has said. Highways England will put the request to the Planning Inspectorate this winter. If approved, transport secretary Chris Grayling would take the final decision on the change of designation towards the end of 2019.

Local headlines Bury Mercury (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership: 1,500 Highways England has revealed plans this morning to have 18 miles of the A14 classified as a motorway once upgrade work has been completed.

18-mile section of upgraded A14 set to become new Cambridgeshire motorway called A14(M) Cambridge Independent (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership: 7,800 The new, upgraded A14 in Cambridgeshire could become the country's newest section of motorway under plans revealed today (September 7) by Highways England. An 18-mile section of the road, between the M11 at Girton and the A1(M) at Brampton Hut, could be classified as a motorway - called the A14(M) - once the upgrade work is finished. Highways England will formally ask the Planning Inspectorate to amend the road's status, from trunk road to motorway, in time for the project opening in 2020.

Plans unveiled to upgrade part of A14 to a motorway Ipswich Star (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership: 20,000 Highways England has revealed plans this morning to have 18 miles of the A14 classified as a motorway once upgrade work has been completed. Highways England hope that the changes will bring economic and safety benefits. The move will create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough and will increase safety and improve journeys by encouraging local and long-distance traffic onto the most suitable routes. Highways England is nearly half way through the £1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon - the biggest road upgrade currently in construction in the UK.

The upgraded A14 is set to become a motorway Cambridge News (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership: 20,000 The upgraded A14 is set to become a motorway, with the stretch between Girton near Cambridge and Ellington near Huntingdon to be known as the A1(M). The new motorway will have at least three lanes in each direction along this stretch, with four between Bar Hill and Girton - and slow-moving vehicles like tractors will be banned from using it. It will also have variable speed limits which can help reduce congestion and make traffic flow more smoothly. Today (September 7) Highways England's A14 project director David Bray announced the aim of making the road a motorway was "to further improve the safety and efficiency of the new road."

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TRADES

A14 to become a motorway after #1.5bn upgrade New Civil Engineer (Web), Main, Unattributed, 10/09/2018. Readership: 11,500 Highways England is proposing that the bulk of the upgraded A14 in Cambridgeshire be reclassified as a motorway once work in finished. Highways England project director David Bray said: “We want the A14 upgrade to be the safest and best road it can possibly be, and we now have an opportunity to make our already robust plans even better by putting the right traffic onto the right roads when the new A14 opens to traffic.

Plans for part of A14 upgrade to become a motorway Highways Industry (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership: 1,200 Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once upgrade work is complete, bringing economic and safety benefits, under plans announced by Highways England today (Friday 7 September). The move will create an unbroken motorway link between London and Peterborough and will increase safety and improve journeys by encouraging local and long-distance traffic onto the most suitable routes. Highways England is nearly half way through the £1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon – the biggest road upgrade currently in construction in the UK.

Highways England plans to upgrade part of A14 to motorway status Traffic Technology Today (Web), Main, Unattributed, 10/09/2018. Readership: 1,000 Highways England (HE) is proposing that an 18 mile-long (29km) section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire will be classified as a motorway once work on a major upgrade project on the route is completed. HE is nearly halfway through the £1.5bn (US$1.9bn) project to improve 21 miles (33.8km) of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon; it is the biggest road upgrade currently in construction in the UK.

Highways England proposes to classify part of A14 as motorway Road Traffic Technology (Web), Main, Unattributed, 10/09/2018. Readership:5,800 Highways England has announced its proposal to classify an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire as a motorway upon completion of ongoing upgrade work. Highways England project director David Bray said: "We want the A14 upgrade to be the safest and best road it can possibly be, and we now have an opportunity to make our already robust plans even better by putting the right traffic onto the right roads when the new A14 opens to traffic."

Plans for Part of A14 Upgrade to Become a Motorway

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Premier Construction Magazine (Web), Main, Unattributed, 14/09/2018. Readership:3,100 Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once upgrade work is complete, bringing economic and safety benefits, under plans announced by Highways England today (Friday 7 September). Highways England project director David Bray said: "We want the A14 upgrade to be the safest and best road it can possibly be, and we now have an opportunity to make our already robust plans even better by putting the right traffic onto the right roads when the new A14 opens to traffic

Plans for part of A14 upgrade to become a motorway M2 (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership:2,900 Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once upgrade work is complete. Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once.

Plans for part of A-road upgrade to become a motorway Insider Media Limited (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership:51,000 A section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could become a motorway once upgrade work is complete under plans unveiled by Highways England. Later this year, Highways England will formally ask the Planning Inspectorate to amend the road's status from trunk road to motorway, in time for the project opening in 2020. The transport secretary will then make the final decision next year. Highways England project director David Bray said: "We want the A14 upgrade to be the safest and best road it can possibly be, and we now have an opportunity to make our already robust plans even better by putting the right traffic onto the right roads when the new A14 opens to traffic.

Plans for part of A14 upgrade to become a motorway UK Haulier (Web), Main, Unattributed, 07/09/2018. Readership:1,000 Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once upgrade work is complete. Highways England is proposing for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway once upgrade work is complete, bringing economic and safety benefits, under plans announced by Highways England today (Friday 7 September). Highways England is nearly half way through the £1.5bn project to improve 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon – the biggest road upgrade currently in construction in the UK.

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Copies of news coverage

Circulation: 40,000 Published 7 September 2018 online add in print https://www.huntspost.co.uk/lifestyle/holidays/p lans-for-part-of-a14-upgrade-to-become-a- motorway-1-5684389

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.cambridge- news.co.uk/news/local-news/a14- a1-upgrade-motorway-traffic- 15120656

Cambridge News (print version) circulation: 40,000

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.eadt.co.uk/ne ws/a14-to-become- motorway-in-places-1- 5684690 Circulation: 30,000

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/18- mile-section-of-upgraded-a14-set-to-become-new- Circulation: 18,000 cambridgeshire-motorway-called-a14-m-9050432/

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/plans- for-part-of-a14-upgrade-to-become-a-motorway- 1-5684389 Circulation: 10,000

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/plans-for- part-of-a14-upgrade-to-become-a-motorway-1- Circulation: 5,500 5684389

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/firs t-full-motorway-link-between-peterborough-and- Circulation: 15,000 london-planned-1-8627458

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/a14-to- Circulation: 9,000 become-motorway-in-places-1-5684690

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.heart.co.uk/cambridgeshire/news/l ocal/major-changes-to-a14/

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/new s/uk-england- cambridgeshire-45435006

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Published 7 September 2018 https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2018-09-07/plan- to-turn-a14-in-cambridgeshire-into-motorway/

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Annex 7 Feedback, September 2019 to January 2019 Feedback listed by main theme: Theme Response Alternative routes for Non-motorway traffic can use the existing local road farm machinery and other network – including the old A14 and the new local non-motorway traffic access road between Swavesey and Cambridge – to avoid travelling on the motorway. Agricultural vehicles are exempt from the weight restriction in Huntingdon town meaning they can use the old A14 either side of the town, and the new access roads either side of the railway station, to navigate the area east-to-west and vice versa. Work to build the new link roads from the old A14 into Huntingdon will allow for the need for agricultural vehicles to navigate the area during their construction and during the demolition of the old A14 viaduct above the railway station. The scheme is providing more than 18km of new cycle, pedestrian and equestrian paths and ways, including lengths separated from other traffic, which will all be available for the appropriate non-motorway traffic. Traffic volume and Traffic modelling indicates that a small amount of traffic environmental will choose to move from the surrounding local roads impacts/changes as a onto the motorway. This means the right traffic will use result of motorway the right roads – long distance traffic on the new A14 classification. and local traffic on the local roads. Other than the change in the road’s status, everything else about the route stays the same so there are no other new factors to cause a change in traffic volumes. In turn, this means that noise and air quality will not significantly change. The traffic and environmental impact assessments are included in the Application Statement. Will you be adding hard The design of the road will not change. It already shoulders or otherwise includes all the elements needed for a modern changing the road’s motorway including regularly spaced emergency design? refuges and technology to allow us to monitor and manage traffic flows around incidents. The proposed motorway would not have hard shoulders: many of our modern motorways operate without them. In fact, sections on the M25 have been operating without hard shoulders for over 4 years and we recently published 3-years performance reports on them: safety has improved across these schemes with

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their objectives met or exceeded and their casualty rate reduced by 27 per cent. Truck stops/rest areas The existing services at Swavesey (branded and laybys Cambridge Services) will remain and become a full motorway service area. The existing services at Brampton Hut will remain and be branded a motorway rest area. Laybys are not included in the road’s design. The risks of collision increase when traffic enters or leaves them – our studies show they are not safe places to stop or rest. Laybys also suffer environmental damage from dumping of rubbish and toilet waste by some irresponsible users. However, Emergency Areas will be provided at 2.5km spacing for breakdowns and other emergency use.

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