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Roxton Road Bridge demolished for £1bn Black Cat scheme

30/05/2025

Skanska has completed the final demolition work for the Roxton Road Bridge for the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme.

Black Cat scheme embarks on engineering feat the 'size of a whale'

24/10/2024

National Highways will close the A421 in Bedfordshire for two weekends next month to install six massive steel beams for a new bridge as part of its £1bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme.

Listed cottages to be destroyed for A428 scheme

19/06/2024

National Highways is demolishing a Grade II listed building as part of its £1bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme.

Work on £1bn Black Cat scheme finally begins...really, it does

14/12/2023

Work on National Highways’ much-delayed £1bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme finally began this week.

Black Cat to go ahead after court challenge fails

23/05/2023

National Highways said it will begin putting plans in place for the start of main construction on the delayed A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements after a legal challenge to the scheme came to an end.

£1bn Black Cat scheme faces legal challenge

03/10/2022

Campaigners have lodged a High Court challenge over the Government’s decision to approve the £1bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme.

£1bn Black Cat scheme gets green light

19/08/2022

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has granted a Development Consent Order for National Highways to begin work on the much-delayed A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme, which is due to cost nearly £1bn.

Mace's magic wins Stonehenge and Black Cat work

17/06/2022

Mace has won a five-year contract to deliver commercial services on two of National Highways’ major projects through its Complex Infrastructure Programme (CIP).

Skanska in luck with £500m Black Cat deal

25/03/2021

Highways England has awarded Skanska a £507m contract to design and build the long-awaited A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme.

'Whole new approach' as Highways England consults again on £1.4bn Black Cat

11/06/2020

A further consultation into the delayed A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme will begin later this month.

Consultation starts for RIS 2's Black Cat scheme

06/06/2019

The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that the delayed £1.4bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme will now need to be funded from the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS 2).

Black Cat junction to go triple deck under £1.4bn scheme

20/02/2019

Highways England has announced its delayed £1.4bn plans to improve the Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet route, which includes one of the East of England’s most congested junctions.

Jacobs wins HE design contract

16/08/2016

Jacobs Engineering Group will work with Highways England to develop preferred design options for multiple highways schemes that are planned across the country.

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