Dear Daniel Rees

Thank you for your request relating to A12 Junction 25 to Junction 26
Reconstruction Scheme received on 18 February 2024. 

The due date for issuing a response is 18 March 2024.

Please feel free to contact our team if you have any queries quoting
FOI/7545 in any future communications

Kind regards

FOI Advice

You can make new FOI requests and review published responses by
visiting [1]https://foiform.nationalhighways.co.uk/

References

Visible links
1. https://foiform.highwaysengland.co.uk/

Dear Mr Rees

Thank you for your email of 18 February 2024 requesting information about
our roadworks project on the A12 between junctions 25 and 26. We have
dealt with your request under the provisions of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

You asked:

Dear National Highways Limited,

I write to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the
progress of the Junction 25 to Junction 26 resurfacing scheme.

Would you be able to provide the following information:

• The start date of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme • The original
completion date set when the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme began • The
estimated end date of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme as of Feb 1,
2024 • The estimated cost of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme when
work first began • The estimated cost of the J25 to J26 reconstruction
scheme as of Jan 1, 2024 • The total length of road (in miles) from J25 to
J26 which will be reconstructed by the end of the project • The length of
road (in miles) from J25 to J26 which had been successfully reconstructed
as of Jan 1, 2024

Yours faithfully,

We hold the requested information and respond as follows:
 

 1. The start date of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme

17 October 2022

 2. The original completion date set when the J25 to J26 reconstruction
scheme began

February 2024

 3. The estimated end date of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme as of
Feb 1, 2024

August 2024.

 4. The estimated cost of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme when work
first began

£33.1million

 5. The estimated cost of the J25 to J26 reconstruction scheme as of Jan
1, 2024

£44.6million

 6. The total length of road (in miles) from J25 to J26 which will be
reconstructed by the end of the project

4.1 miles (2.05 miles in each direction).

 7. The length of road (in miles) from J25 to J26 which had been
successfully reconstructed as of Jan 1, 2024

2.05 miles

Further advice and assistance

We had originally expected work to finish this spring but difficult ground
conditions, requiring more extensive treatment than originally envisaged,
and extended periods of poor weather have contributed to delays. This has
also contributed towards the additional overall cost.

The estimated end completion in all our current communications is summer
2024. Whilst we can’t provide an exact date for completion because poor
weather, incidents and other as yet unknown construction factors may
change it, we currently expect to be able to fully reopen the A12 to
traffic before the August bank holiday.

If you are not satisfied with your response you may ask for an internal
review within 40 working days of receiving the response, by replying to
this email. You can learn more about the internal review process
at [1]https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/a14....

If you require a print copy, please phone our Customer Contact Centre on
0300 123 5000; or email [2][email address]. You should contact
me if you wish to complain.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at [3]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ or via the address below –

            Information Commissioner’s Office
            Wycliffe House
            Water Lane
            Wilmslow
            Cheshire
            SK9 5AF

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote reference number FOI/7545 in any future communications.

Kind regards

Operations East  
 

References

Visible links
1. https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/a14...
2. mailto:[email address]
3. https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/