It has been opposed by campaigners keen to protect the environmentally-sensitive Wensum Valley.The public consultation found more than 1,200 people who responded were in favour of closing the gap.The final 3.3-mile (5.25km) Broadland Northway section of the city's Northern Distributor Road (NDR) was officially opened in April.It completed the long-awaited 12-mile (19.5km) bypass around east and north Norwich, which never included a link from the NDR to the A47 west of Norwich.While some favoured a further stretch of road, 398 people chose the option of improving existing roads, while 268 people wanted improvements to public transport to ease congestion.More than 750 comments from 530 contributors - identifying problem "rat runs" and slow journey times - were also "pinned" to an Councillor Martin Wilby, chairman of the council's Environment, Development and Transport Committee, said: "People have sent us a clear message about what they want to see happen to improve travel in the area. Introduction 1 11 November 2017.

The Norwich Western Link would cross the Wensum Valley, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.Jenn Parkhouse, chairwoman of the Wensum Valley Alliance, described the public consultation as "flawed". Ecosystem services assessment for the Northern Norwich Distributor Road. Any major road infrastructure development is required to undergo an environmental impact assessment, whose main focus is to determine environmental losses and mitigation measures resulting from the project. Norwich - Northern Distributor Road 233906/BSE/NOR/1/C 03 December 2009 P:\Norwich\MM Projects\233906 - NDR 2007\233906-BC MSBC Agreement\NNDR MSBC Sensitivity Test Reports\For Issue\20091201\Tests 2-6\Tests 2-6 Main Report Volume 1 - Rev 01.doc Volume 1 - Main Report for Tests 2 to 6 Chapter Title Page Summary i 1. Norwich Northern Distributor Road Everything's on track to open the final section overnight so that the full A1270 (Broadland Northway - the road formerly known as the Endy-Ahh) will be available tomorrow (Tues) all the way from the A1067 Fakenham Road in the north-west, to the A47 at Postwick.

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The ecosystem services approach, on the other hand, offers a balanced view on the gains or losses of environmental function as a result of human action. Balfour Beatty on behalf of their client, Norfolk County Council, were contracted to construct £147 million, 20km of dual carriageway called the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR). Timeline (10 items) At Cranfield, we have carried out a spatially explicit ecosystem services analysis, complimentary to the EIA, to determine the impact of the proposed Northern Norwich Distributor road – a dual carriageway with associated landscaping – on seven different ecosystem services.We found that despite short term losses of various ecosystem services, the newly created land use classes: woodland, scrubland, and grassland associated with the road, in the long term can lead to an improvement in provision of several essential ecosystem services as compared to mainly agricultural baseline conditions. "It is also set against a backdrop of austerity, when the council is already having to make huge savings. Client: Mott Macdonald.

The yellow box indicates the area under consideration for a new link between the A1270 NDR and the A47 west of Norwich The Broadland Northway, formerly known as the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR) is a major road scheme constructed near Norwich numbered A1270.The completed route connects traffic from the east of the city via the A47 to the northwest, which previously had to go through the centre. Related Internet links. These are external links and will open in a new window Norwich’s Northern Distributor Road (NDR) has seen the equivalent of one accident every two weeks since it opened, prompting pressure from drivers to improve “confusing” roundabouts. This route went very close to Norwich International Airport and joined the Fakenham Road/A1067, north west of Norwich. These are external links and will open in a new windowThe "missing link" in Norwich's £205m bypass could now go ahead - after a report suggested strong public support.Norfolk County Council revealed plans for a so-called Norwich Western Link connecting the completed bypass to the A47 north west of the city. Norwich Northern Distributor Road cost rises by £19.25m . The road as constructed is not a complete northern bypass, but stops at the A1067 near Thorpe Marriot. Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NDR) What happens next. The final stretch of the major Norwich bypass was officially opened by local MPs in April "To connect these routes would have an enormous environmental impact on the area's wildlife and run-off would damage the quality of the river - quite apart from the air pollution," she said.