# The A47 Trunk Road (Postwick Interchange Slip Roads) Order 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
1 The A47 trunk road provides a strategic east-west link between Great Yarmouth on the east coast of Norfolk and the Midlands. In Norfolk its route is diverted around the southern outskirts of Norwich between the villages of Easton in the west and Postwick in the east. At Postwick there is an interchange that connects the A47 with the A1042 Yarmouth Road that in turn allows access to the eastern outskirts of Norwich where a number of business parks providing local employment are located.
2 Norwich is the premier centre for housing and employment within the north-eastern sector of the eastern region and also provides services to a wide rural area. The current East of England Plan proposes a significant expansion of the city and its wider policy area. As a result Norwich has been designated a Growth Point by central government.
3 The A47 Postwick Interchange is currently operating near to its optimum capacity at peak times and is in need of improvement before this planned growth together with some already allocated development can be realised. These statutory orders reflect proposals that are designed to not only overcome the present problems but also allow the intended growth to be delivered without detriment to the safety of road users and to the benefit of the local economy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3343/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a47-trunk-road-postwick-interchange-slip-roads-order-2014/note
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