Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by which date he expects the widening work between junctions 7 and 9 of the A14 around Kettering will have been completed.

The scheme is in the final stages of the works and is programmed for completion by spring 2015. We are exploring the opportunity to bring our rolling maintenance plan forward in order to re-surface the full width so that our customers experience a brand new piece of highway at the end of the works. This approach would avoid the need to revisit the same length of carriageway in the near future to conduct these re-surfacing works.

If we decide this is the best overall approach for our customers, further details on timing would follow shortly. The Agency will also notify in writing all local constituency MPs and stakeholders.