We have waited long enough to get this 8 mile stretch of the A47 dualed between Acle and Great Yarmouth. It was built as a toll road 190 years ago and is still waiting to get a dual-carriageway standard that will eliminate "Head-on" collisions, unnecessary deaths and serious injuries - enough is enough.

PEOPLE POWER via this petition can finally DUAL THE ACLE STRAIGHT

“THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BRING FORWARD PLANS TO DUAL THIS ROAD TO CONNECT THE PORTS OF GT YARMOUTH AND LOWESTOFT BY DUAL CARRIAGEWAY DIRECTLY TO BRITAIN’S MAIN HIGHWAY NETWORK, SUPPORTING LOCAL INDUSTRY AND TOURISM - AND IMPORTANTLY TO SAVE LIVES ON A STRETCH OF ROAD SO NOTORIOUS AS AN ACCIDENT BLACKSPOT OVER MANY YEARS.

ROAD DEATHS EACH YEAR IN NORFOLK HAVE FALLEN FROM A HIGH OF 108 IN 1992 TO 36 IN  2019 - BUT DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURY ACCIDENTS  STILL HAPPEN ALL TOO OFTEN STILL ON THE ACLE STRAIGHT - BUILT AS A TOLL ROAD SOME 190 YEARS AGO - AND STILL AWAITING A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY STANDARD. IT IS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY SINCE LOCAL PEOPLE SIGNED A FIRST PETITION IN THEIR THOUSANDS TO GET THE ROAD DUALED BUT A SUCCESSION OF GOVERNMENTS TORY AND LABOUR - DESPITE PROMISES -  HAVE STILL LEFT US WAITING AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS!

ALTHOUGH THE DUALING OF THE A47 HAS LONG BEEN A PRIORITY FOR NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE NEW ANGLIA LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN BOTH NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, IT HAS STILL NOT APPEARED IN THE GOVERNMENT’S PRIORITY HIGHWAY SCHEMES  FROM 2025 ONWARD - EVEN THOUGH GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY RECOGNISE YARMOUTH’S PRESSING NEED FOR 21st CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE AND IS FUNDING THE NEW BRIDGE PROJECTS IN GT YARMOUTH AND LOWESTOFT CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 2021-2023. THEY MUSTN’T BECOME “BRIDGES TO NOWHERE” LINKED TO AN INADEQUATE UNSAFE SINGLE-CARRIAGEWAY ACLE STRAIGHT. IT IS TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FINISH THE JOB - END THE CARNAGE!”

Please sign this petition - and if you can spread the word to friends and family to do the same