NDR receives backing from the Secretary of State for Transport

2nd June 2015

Business leaders, local authorities and New Anglia LEP have welcomed the Secretary of State for Transport's backing for the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NDR) from the A47 at Postwick to the A1067 Fakenham road.

Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport, has granted Development Consent for the NDR, stating that there is a compelling case in the public interest for authorising the NDR project.

The Secretary of State's backing for this key 'Transport for Norwich' project endorses the case made by Norfolk County Council at the Planning Inspectorate's detailed public examination, which started exactly a year ago. The planned new road is designed to tackle existing and future travel and transport problems for a large part of Norwich, Broadland and North Norfolk, boost business and the economy, serve new housing and employment areas, and provide the opportunity for further sustainable transport improvements in and around the city.

See http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/news/NCC166303 for more details.