A428

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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