Work is underway on the £104 million Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR) scheme.

Balfour Beatty has started preliminary works on the project, which involves building a new 20km carriageway from the A47 at Postwick to the A1067 Fakenham road.

The work, including clearance of vegetation, archaeology, utility service diversions and some drainage lagoon excavations, will be stepped up in January along the whole footprint of the scheme.

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It will prepare the route before construction begins at the end of March.

The NNDR project is expected to be completed in 2018.

Stephen Tarr, Balfour Beatty MD, Major Projects, said: "Today we are delighted to have begun work to deliver a scheme which will bring extensive benefits not only to local communities, but to supporting regional economic growth.

"This project draws on Balfour Beatty's expertise in delivering major road schemes and we are delighted to have taken the scheme through the early contractor involvement phase right through to preliminary works and now beyond to deliver a transformational project for the region."

(LM/CD)