Transport Planning Associates (TPA)

  The Government-owned company responsible for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of England’s motorways and major A roads has finished a £65 million concrete reconstruction project on the A11 road at Wymondham.   The scheme has entailed almost 10 miles of dual carriageway being upgraded to asphalt. As reported by Highways magazine, the work has been concentrated on the stretch of the A11 between Spooner Row and Tuttles’ Interchange, with the old concrete road surface – and some of its foundations – being removed.  This was followed by reconstruction work involving a new asphalt top and recycled material. Indeed, sustainability has been a key priority underpinning the scheme. National Highways stated that its decision to take 60,000 cubic metres of concrete from the carriageway and recycle it into the revamped road, was one of several innovations the company had used to minimise CO2 emissions during the rebuilding.  The project’s average speed c...