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Please see below Highways England - A45 Chowns Mill - Project Update and Road Closure Information

As part of the government's four-step roadmap, all non-essential retail, hairdressers and salons, libraries and community centres, Indoor gyms, most outdoor attractions and outdoor hospitality venues will be permitted to reopen as of Apr 12 (subject to government updates and guidelines).

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To assist you in reopening safely, East Northamptonshire Council... Read More »

Four apps have been launched to help revitalise high streets, drive recovery in light of the coronavirus pandemic and encourage more people to shop local across East Northants.

East Northamptonshire Council (ENC) has worked with the Town Councils in Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston and Irthlingborough on four individual apps which provide a central resource for businesses, retailers, local services,... Read More »

Whilst we have experienced some delays due to recent poor weather conditions, we want to assureyou that overall the project remains on track.

Over the next few weeks, we'll continue to make progress with the surfacing works of the A45 Chowns Mill junction.

To carry out this work safely, we'll need to utilise planned weekend or overnight road closures

Please note the road closure details.

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Highways England - A45 Chowns Mill - Road Closure Notification

We had to cancel last weekend's full weekend closure of Chowns Mill roundabout due to adverse weather conditions and the associated risks posed to the traveling public.

We'll now be carrying out these surfacing works using the remaining weekend closures and some overnight closures of the roundabout.

This weekend we'll be surfacing the A45... Read More »

Highways England - A45 Chowns Mill - weekend closure CANCELLED

Also a reminder that Ditchford Road is now open again.

Due to the adverse weather conditions and high winds forecasted this weekend, we've cancelled this weekend's planned closure of the A45 / A6 Chowns Mill junction.

We appreciate that this is very short notice. We've carefully weighed up the information available and have decided to postpone... Read More »

ENC receives £176,000 to help leisure facilities recoverEast Northamptonshire Council (ENC) has been successful in an application to Sport England's National Leisure Recovery Fund and has been awarded funds to support the Council's leisure partner, Freedom Leisure.The grant of £176,000 will be used by ENC as part of its continued support to Freedom Leisure and the recovery of leisure services... Read More »

🌷 Rushden's Virtual Gardens Tour Launch 🌷

During the lockdown last year, many of us took to gardening. To get you motivated again after a long hard winter, how about entering your garden in our Virtual Gardens tour this the Summer.

The idea is for you to start planning right now by taking photographs of every stage of your garden bursting into life until the beginning of June. The photographs can... Read More »

Due to the forecast adverse weather conditions for Wednesday 10 March, the previously advertised night closure of the A45 Westbound has been cancelled

The Full weekend closure of the A45 / A6 Chowns Mill junction will go ahead (weather permitting)

Highways England are aware of the emergency closure of Ditchford Lane, Irthlingborough, we are working with our colleagues in Northamptonshire Highways to... Read More »