A1(M) Motorway Junction 17, A1 Trunk Road (A1(M) Junction 17 to A1/A47 Wansford Interchange, Cambs - Various Traffic Regulations

National Highways

TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 -
SECTION 14(1)(A) AND (7),
AND PARAGRAPH 27(1) OF SCHEDULE 9
THE A1(M) MOTORWAY (JUNCTION 17) AND
THE A1 TRUNK ROAD (A1(M) JUNCTION 17
TO A1/A47 WANSFORD INTERCHANGE)
(CAMBRIDGESHIRE)
(TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF
TRAFFIC, CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited(a) has made an Order on the A1(M) Motorway and the A1 Trunk Road in the County of Cambridgeshire to enable resurfacing, road markings, drainage, and culvert replacement works to be carried out in safety. The works will start on or after Friday 

20 November 2026 and are expected to end in July 2027.

The effect of the Order on the A1(M) and A1 will be to –

1.   Impose, for 24 hours daily, a speed restriction of 40mph or 50mph on the A1 –

•     northbound carriageway from the entry slip road at A1(M) J17 to the exit slip road at A1 Stibbington,

•     southbound carriageway from the entry slip road at A1/A47 Wansford Interchange to the exit slip road to A605 Oundle Road, and

•     entry slip roads to the above lengths of carriageway.

2.   Close overnight (Mon – Fri, 9pm - 5am), in phases, and some full weekends 

(9pm Friday - 5am Monday), the –

•     A1(M) and A1 northbound carriageways from the exit slip road at A1(M) J17 to the entry slip road at A1/A47 Wansford Interchange,

•     A1 and A1(M) southbound carriageways from the exit slip road at A1/A47 Wansford Interchange to the entry slip road at A1(M) J17,

•     slip roads to or from these lengths of carriageway, and

•     (for 24 hours daily, as required) access to or from side roads along these lengths of carriageway.

For closures northbound traffic will be diverted east from A1(M) J17 on A1139 Fletton Parkway, north on A1260 Nene Parkway then west on the A47 to Wansford Interchange: vice-versa for southbound traffic.

3.   Close for 24 hours daily, as required, during carriageway closures and contraflow, the A1 –

•     gaps in the central reservation opposite

Old North Road and R.H. Waterworth

Farms, Water Newton,

•     for cyclists –

•     the northbound carriageway from the entry slip road from A605 Oundle Road to Elton Road – diverting cyclists west on A605 Oundle Road then Elton Road to Water Newton, and

•     the southbound carriageway from the exit slip road at Wansford Interchange to the entry slip road to A605 Oundle Road – diverting cyclists south on Old North Road at Wansford interchange, Bridge End, B671 Elton Road, B671 Wansford Road, then east on A605 Oundle Road to Alwalton, and

•     footway adjacent to the northbound carriageway situated between the entry slip road leading from London Road and its junction with Peterborough Road at Wansford, a distance of 450 metres,

All lay-bys situated adjacent to the lengths of carriageway described at 2 above will be closed for 24 hours daily.

A contraflow will be in operation at times  (for 24 hours daily) on the A1 northbound and southbound carriageways between the A605 Oundle Road and Stibbington junctions.

The temporary speed limits (which will not apply to emergency services or special forces vehicles), closures (which will not apply to emergency service, winter maintenance or works vehicles) and diversion routes will be clearly indicated by traffic signs.

Access to property will be maintained during  the closures.

The Order will come into force on 16 November 2026 and may continue in force until the works detailed above have been completed, or for a maximum duration of eighteen months whichever is the earlier.

L Walton, National Highways Limited

Registered in England and Wales under company no. 9346363. Registered office Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA.

General Enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to Kularajh Kandasamy at National Highways Ltd, Priory Court, Stannard Way, Priory

Business Park, Bedford MK44 3WG, by email to Kularajh.Kandasamy@nationalhighways.co.uk or by telephoning 07543 800724.