A47 Guyhirn junction

We have completed our work to improve the A47 Guyhirn junction near Wisbech. We have increased the size of the roundabout to ease congestion and cope with increasing traffic levels. The Nene Bridge was also widened.

Start date February 2021

End date May 2022

Cost £17 million

Project information

We improved the A47 in six places between Peterborough and Great Yarmouth as part of a £300 million-plus investment, including the Guyhirn junction.

We’ve now finished our changes to the Guyhirn junction near Wisbech, between the A47 (Fen Road to South Brink) and the A141 (March Road). This stretch of road is used by over 20,000 vehicles a day and experiences high levels of congestion. The junction improvements aimed to reduce congestion, improve journey times and increase safety.

Our project on the Guyhirn junction increased the size of the roundabout by creating two lanes on all approaches to the roundabout. This included an additional lane over the existing carriageway on the River Nene Bridge. We also carried out additional bridge maintenance on the River Nene bridge.

Following our Preferred Route Announcement (PRA) in 2017, we undertook a variety of technical and traffic surveys to help us finalise our design for the project. As part of that, we made some changes to our design which means it now falls within the existing highway boundary. This meant that we did not need to obtain planning permission as we originally thought, saving time and enabling us to start work earlier than originally planned.

This scheme was done to:

improve safety and reduce collisions
support future employment and housing developments
increase capacity at the junctions and improve traffic flow
reduce delays and make journey times more reliable
improve connectivity for local people living and working near the scheme
improve amenities for cyclists and pedestrians

A47 Guyhirn junction improvement - 13 March 2017 to 21 April 2017

Visit our A47 Guyhirn feedback tool to have your say. The tool includes an interactive map. You can click on a location to make a specific comment, or give us your general feedback.

ECHO is a one-way feedback tool, so if you’d like a response to your feedback you can email the project team at A47GuyhirnJunctionRIS@nationalhighways.co.uk.