Meet the team transforming one the regions busiest roads

November 4, 2022

A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement team to host public information events ahead of the start of construction.

National Highways is encouraging the public to drop in to one of their upcoming public information events to find out more about the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements.

The vital upgrade which will improve journeys between Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge is due to begin work on the scheme before the end of the year after the Secretary of State for Transport granted formal planning permission.

National Highways plans will see the creation of a new 10-mile dual carriageway linking the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire to the A428 Caxton Gibbet roundabout on the A428 in Cambridgeshire. Both existing roundabouts will be upgraded into modern, free-flowing junctions with a new junction added at Cambridge Road, improving access to St Neots and its train station.

The A428 between St Neots and Caxton Gibbet is the only stretch of single carriageway on the strategic road network between the M1 near Milton Keynes and Cambridge. It is an important link between the M1 and the M11 and joins the communities of Milton Keynes, Bedford, St Neots and Cambridge together. The improvements will help drivers save up to an hour-and-a-half on their journeys every week.

Ahead of construction work starting, National Highways will host events to meet the local community face-to-face. These will take place at:

• Wednesday 23 November (1.00–7.00pm)
  Mobile Visitor Centre at Cambourne (Morrisons car park)
  Broad St, Great Cambourne, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6EY

 

• Friday 25 November (10.00am–4.00pm)
  Mobile Visitor Centre at Biggleswade (near Surfin Café)
  Biggleswade Market Place, Biggleswade SG18 8AS

 

• Saturday 26 November (8.00am–1.00pm)
  Mobile Visitor Centre at St Neots Farm & Craft market
  St Neots Weekly Market, Market Square, Saint Neots PE19 2AJ

 

• Wednesday 7 December (10.00am–4.00pm)
  Bedford Corn Exchange
  13 St Paul’s Square, Bedford MK40 1SL

If you are unable to attend one of the face-to-face events, National Highways will also be hosting an online webinar between 6.00-7.30pm on Wednesday 30 November via Microsoft Teams. Registration for the online event is here.

Lee Galloway, National Highways Project Director, said: “Ahead of construction starting later this year, we’d love to meet as many people from the local community as possible so they can hear about our plans and have the opportunity to ask questions.

We will continue talking to and putting local communities at the heart of the project as we move through construction to transform journeys between Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge.”

More information about all the public information events can be found by visiting: www.nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a428-black-cat-to-caxton-gibbet/public-information-events/