Norwich Northern Distributor Road
Proposed Route of the NDR, showing location of new town and railway station
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| Location | Norwich |
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| Proposer | Norfolk County Council |
| Cost estimate | £90.7M (December 2009) |
| Start date | 2015 |
| Completion date | 2017 |
| Stakeholders | Campaign for Better Transport, No to N25, Norfolk County Council |
The Norwich Northern Distributor Road (also known as the Norwich Northern bypass, the Norwich Northern Distributor Route and the NDR) is a confirmed 8.7 mi (14.0 km) dual-carriageway linking the A47 to the south east of the city to the proposed Rackheath Eco-town and to Norwich International Airport to the north of Norwich. It was given 'Programme Entry' status by the Department for Transport in December 2009 with estimated completion in 2015 at a cost of £90.7m. The business case for the project was reviewed due to the government drive to save money, and the scheme was placed in the Development Pool. The schemes in this pool must submit new business cases to compete for Department for Transport funding in late 2011. On 2 June 2015 the scheme was given the go ahead, the road is scheduled to be completed by 2017.
The project was initially for a road from the A47 to the west of Norwich 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 and avoid an important Site of Special Scientific Interest and then approval in December 2009 was only given for the section of the A140 road close to the Airport to the A47 in the east. The scheme is opposed by a number of local and national organisations.
The £21 million Postwick Hub scheme at the start of the NDR road is in the district of Broadland to the east of Norwich and includes development of the A47/A1042 road junction and also a further 500 parking places at the Postwick Park and ride (one of six Norwich park and ride sites).
The NDR would be predominantly a dual carriageway road approximately 8.7 miles long. At its western end it would start at the A140 Cromer Road at a new grade separated junction, close to Norwich International Airport. The route would head eastwards to pass to the south of communities of Horsham St Faith, Spixworth and Rackheath before joining the A47 Trunk Road at the existing Postwick Interchange. New at-grade roundabouts would be constructed where the NDR crosses the main radial roads linking the north and north east of Norfolk to Norwich city centre.
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