National Highways Limited (“National Highways”), a strategic highways company, hereby give notice that it has made, and is about to submit to the Secretary of State for Transport for confirmation, an Order under Section 14 of the Highways Act 1980 authorising Highways England to -

(a) stop up a highway, and

(b) construct a new highway,

all on or in the vicinity of the A47 Trunk Road which National Highways are authorised by ‘The National Highways Limited A47 Trunk Road Longthorpe Footbridge Replacement) (Side Roads) Order 2022’ in which National Highways is proposing to remove the current Longthorpe footbridge and provide a replacement Longthorpe Footbridge in an adjacent parallel location.

Copies of the Side Roads Order and its relevant plans (Site Plan and Location Plan) have been deposited and may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours from 1 December 2022 until 12 January 2023 at:

The offices of National Highways, Woodlands, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW;

Peterborough City Council, Town Hall, Bridge St, Peterborough, PE1 1HF;

Peterborough Central Library, Broadway, Peterborough, PE1 1RX; and

Longthorpe Footbridge Construction Site, Walcot Walk, Peterborough, PE3 9QL.

Any person may not later than 12 January 2023, object to the confirmation of the Side Roads Order by notice to the Secretary of State for Transport, at the National Transport Casework Team, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR, or by email to nationalcasework@dft.gov.uk, stating the title of the Side Roads Order and the grounds of their objection. In the preparation of an objection and the statement of grounds of objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of any objection or representation may be communicated to other people who may be affected by it.

In submitting an objection or representation it should be noted that your personal data and correspondence will be passed to National Highways to enable your objection or representation to be considered. If you do not wish your personal data to be forwarded, please state your reasons when submitting your objection or representation and the Secretary of State will copy your representations, with your name and address removed, to National Highways; if there is to be a Public Local Inquiry they will be seen in that form by the public and the Inspector, who may give them less weight as a result. National Highways may disclose your objections or representations, with your name and address removed, to other parties acting on its behalf.

Martin Fellows

Director

National Highways Limited

2022