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Very high rasied strips
Reported via desktop in the Road surface (NH) category anonymously at 13:56, Tuesday 4 August 2026
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9896672.
There are 3-4 raised strips across the westbound A14 carriageway between the Histon & Girton interchanges. These mostly impact lanes 2 & 3 (with the biggest impact on lane 3). These first appeared during the heatwave in the Summer of 2022, but seem to have grown larger during the recent heatwaves in Summer 2026. At least two of these have the potential to damage vehicles. You have added a '50' sign and closed the road for two nights recently but ONLY repaired one, the rest have been left/ignored. Absolute madness whist you are there why not sort it all out. Not acceptable. These are damaging wheels, tyres and motorbike riders get the shock of thier lives, must be 80mm ihgh in the sumer heat and damage car suspension. As for the '50' its hidden by traffic in the nearside lane and not on the Histon slip exit so basically get ignored AND is VERY DANERGOUS with some cars obaying it and others completely unaware through no fault of their own. Hence I've seen several near misses of this 20 mph miss match speed whch is really not good and a massive accident awaiting to happen! Just sort it out properly PLEASE or properly inforce a speed limit not a half poor attempt at it. It's not rocket science. I can't be any more polite. this is not meant to be offencive just how it makses us road users feel.
Updates
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Thank you for making your report. We have asked our inspection team to attend this location and assess the issue.
If any work is needed, they will arrange for this to happen.
Although we always aim to complete repairs as quickly as possible, timescales do vary as we try to minimise disruption to customers by combining activities into single closures and always ensuring the safety of our people.
Kind regards National Highways
State changed to: Internal referral
Posted by National Highways at 08:28, Wednesday 5 August 2026
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