A43 Corby Link Road Diversions & Closures
We gave news that the road through Little Oakley would be closed from 19 August, however, the good news is that the road from Newton to Little Oakley is now open.
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- 1 Sign on the Newton Road
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- 2 NOW OPEN – View from the Newton Road end
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- 3 We haven’t seen this bridge since last October. View from southern approach.
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- 4 Negotiating the old over the new road
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- 5 The reason for the traffic lights
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- 6 Road into Little Oakley now closed and traffic diverted onto the now open Little Oakley to Newton Road
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- 7 View of bridge from the northern end
The sign, that had been there since last October, said it would open this October, but with parts of the new link road ahead of schedule, it means that this road can be in use once again.
sally
Wed 21st Aug 2013 at 12:36 pm
Great news and early too!
Yvonne
Sun 08th Sep 2013 at 9:05 am
Just seen a sign on the A43 that it will be closed 15th Sept till the 19th this is the first I’ve heard about it more information please 🙁
Pam
Sun 08th Sep 2013 at 10:54 am
Hello Yvonne
Thanks for your comment about the closure of the A43 from 15-19th September.
We have tried to keep as up to date as we can about the road situation. You may have noticed that, since July 22, we have posted 5 articles on it, the last one being detailed information from Northamptonshire Highways, the authority concerned with this construction. However,it is a very fluid situation, with unexpected changes to the timetable. For instance the Little Oakley Road from Newton was not meant to open until October, but was opened in August. The construction is ahead of schedule, which no doubt accounts for that.
We go out searching for most of the information that appears on this site, but also rely on information supplied to us from official sources for the purposes of accuracy. It is a pity that none of us on the committee travel regularly up or down the A43, or we wouldn’t have missed the sign that you mention. I suspect that this can only have gone up recently, as the information from Highways on September 3rd (only 5 days ago), was that the A43 would be closed from Monday 9th September for two weeks (25th).
I know that we (all 3 of us) have other commitments today (Sunday) but, no doubt one of us will investigate the sign shortly.
Perhaps you could let me now where you saw the sign?
Thanks
Pam