en.Wedoany.com Reported - National Highways has announced the latest opening plan for the new A428 Black Cat junction and road improvement project, which will be phased to open in spring and midsummer 2027, making journeys between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire faster, safer, and more reliable.
The agency stated that by spring 2027, most sections of the project will be open, including the new 10-mile A421 dual carriageway between the Black Cat junction in Bedfordshire and Caxton Gibbet in Cambridgeshire.
Key junction improvements opening during the same period include the new A421 viaduct at the Black Cat junction, new dual carriageway entry and exit slip roads at the Cambridge Road junction, and the fully upgraded Caxton Gibbet junction.
The final phase of the project will open in midsummer 2027, when the new A1 underpass at the Black Cat junction becomes operational.
By opening the project in phases, road users can benefit earlier from the new road and junction improvements, making journeys between Milton Keynes, Bedford, St Neots, and Cambridge safer, faster, and more reliable.
The final part of the project is the new A1 underpass at the Black Cat junction, the most complex element of the works. During construction, an unexpectedly high number of unrecorded underground utilities were discovered, including water, gas, and telecommunications services, which must be safely relocated before work can proceed. Due to decades of underground service installations, some old records are incomplete, and to ensure supplies to homes and businesses, these utilities must be carefully identified and relocated before construction. These relocation tasks must be carried out by the utility providers themselves, thus impacting the timeline for this part of the project.
National Highways stated that the phased opening of the project means people can start benefiting from the new road as soon as possible, while completing the remaining work at the Black Cat junction.
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