Norwich Northern Distributor Road

Norwich Northern Distributor Road

Route of the completed NDR Broadland Northway
Location	Norwich
Proposer	Norfolk County Council
Cost estimate	£178.5M (July 2017)
Start date	December 2015
Completion date	March 2018 (Opened 17 April)
Stakeholders	Campaign for Better Transport, No to N25, Norfolk County Council

The Norwich Northern Distributor Road, now officially named the Broadland Northway (but also known as the NDR) is a 12.4 mi (20.0 km) dual-carriageway linking the A47 to the south east of the city to the proposed Rackheath Eco-town and Norwich International Airport to the north of Norwich before finishing at the A1067 Fakenham Road to the north west of the city. The road is designated the A1270, and in Spring 2018 was named the Broadland Northway.

It was given 'Programme Entry' status by the Department for Transport in December 2009. On 2 June 2015 the scheme was given the final go ahead, the road was completed on 17 April 2018, the western section having opened in late 2017.

The project was initially for a road from the A47 to the west of Norwich at Easton passing to the north of the city and linking to the A47 to the east near Postwick. The project was later scaled back to start at the A1067 road.

Norfolk County Council has announced that it is committed to providing the final section from the A1067 to the A47 at Easton to the west of Norwich, with the project being called the Norwich Western Link, and has made its delivery one of its three main Highways Objectives (2017) committing £400,000 for further investigation of a potential route.