A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements - Project update: February 2020
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A428
Black Cat to Caxton
Gibbet improvements
Project update: February 2020
Project update 2019
Welcome to our project update
We’re bringing more young
people into the planning During the summer of 2019 we
carried out an extensive consultation
process using Minecraft, the
including 17 events across the region.
world’s most popular video Over 2,500 people took the time to
game. Here pupils from Castle come and talk to us about our plans
to improve journeys between Milton
Newnham school tell us what
Keynes and Cambridge. Thank you
they think to our plans. to everyone who came to see us and
and got involved. The feedback shows
there is overwhelming support for both the proposals and
our consultation process. This is something we are very
proud of as we deliver a scheme that has the support of the
local community and creates real benefits for the region.
Our consultation also looked at new ways to present our Your feedback
plans and engage people in our proposals. One of these
was to use Minecraft, the world’s biggest selling video game,
is valuable and
to engage younger people. The scheme has been built in helps the ongoing
Minecraft, a virtual land where players create and build using development of
3D building blocks. The model – a first for a major UK road
scheme and the biggest of its kind – lets young people freely
the scheme.
explore the plans and share with their friends online.
We also ran our first workshop using Minecraft in a local
Bedfordshire school. It was great to see so many young
people take an interest in our proposals. Inspiring our next
generation of engineers is something we take seriously and
we intend to do more workshops with local schools in the
year ahead.
Since the consultation, we have been reviewing your
feedback which includes over 900 responses. We will
consider each and every response as we develop our final
proposals ahead of submitting the Development Consent
Order application.
We remain committed to opening the new road in 2025/26.
We will continue to share updates with local communities,
customers and stakeholders as the project progresses.
To sign up for email updates on the project, visit our website:
www.highwaysengland.co.uk/a428
Lee Galloway
Programme leader
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What have we been doing?
Since the consultation, we have been carrying out ground The consultation
investigations and surveys along the proposed route. These
An eight week consultation ran from Monday 3 June to
are important and will give our team a clear picture of
Sunday 28 July 2019 providing the opportunity to have
the type of soils, rock and groundwater to help us design
your say on our proposals for the A428 Black Cat to
structures and plan how we build them.
Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme.
We are also starting archaeological trial trenching in
the area. The investigations will help us understand the Working with stakeholders
significance of the archaeological resource and inform Over recent months we have attended meetings with
how we can avoid or minimise harm through design and stakeholders across the region including local authorities,
mitigation. The first phase will begin in early 2020 and will parish councils, landowners, statutory bodies, elected
run until the end of summer. representatives including MPs and ward councillors.
At the same time, we have continued to engage with the Promoting the consultation
local community and other interested parties. We hold Consultations typically resonate with an older audience.
regular Community Forums and Technical Working Groups. Parents, workers and young people are often more difficult
These are an important way to gain feedback from key to reach.
stakeholders as we develop our proposals.
To gain the views of all our customers, we did a number
of things differently. We held Minecraft workshops at all
consultation events to encourage families to attend and
partnered with Mumsnet to promote them.
Pop up events at service stations and shopping centres as
well as at community centres gave us the chance to talk and
listen to the views of a broad mix of people.
We also promoted the consultation through news releases,
social media, advertising, media interviews, a postcard sent
to over 27,000 addresses and our dedicated project website.
A428
A428
17 2,500+ 27,000+ 24,500+ 17,000+ 3.2m+
events attendees invitations visitors to views of flythrough people reached
the website on You Tube by media coverage
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Do you support or oppose the
detailed alignment of the new
dual carriageway?
Your responses
88%
either support or strongly
support the proposals for
the alignment of the new
925
dual carriageway.
responses received
Highlighted comments
Please note: The consultation responses were received and analysed Your comments reflect high support for
Percentages on the charts may
by Traverse, a specialist independent company. the
scheme. A brief overview
not add up to 100%, as they are
rounded to the nearest percent. The full statutory Consultation Report providing is below:
detailed information about the consultation process,
Where a figure is less than 0.5%
we have displayed that figure as the issues raised and our responses to them will be ... The scheme will have a positive
Do you support or oppose Do you support or oppose
the refined design for Black the design for Cambridge
Cat junction? Road junction?
86%
either support or strongly
79%
either support or strongly
support the proposals for
support proposals for the
the refined design of the
Cambridge Road junction.
Black Cat junction.
Highlighted comments Highlighted comments
Support
Neutral
Oppose
Strongly oppose
Do not know
Strongly support
Support
Neutral
Oppose
Strongly oppose
Do not know
eople felt the new design of the Black
P The junction will meet the needs of the
local area with enough capacity to deal
Cat junction will reduce congestion at
this critical point on the road network. with any increase in traffic that may
Strongly support
arise as a result of the new
The new design will reduce traffic housing developments.
congestion at the junction as well as
A small number of concerns were
alleviating rat running in surrounding raised that the junction has not
villages while improving road safety.
been designed with adequate
A small number of people felt the capacity for the Loves Farm or
design will fail to address existing Wintringham development.
issues with the A1, such as the
bottlenecks at Sandy and Buckden.
63% 23% 8% 2% 3% 1% 53% 26% 13% 1% 3% 3%
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the design for Caxton the changes to the existing
Gibbet junction? A428 junction at Eltisley?
81% 73%
either support or strongly
either support or strongly support the proposed
support the proposals for the changes to the existing A428
Caxton Gibbet junction. junction at Eltisley.
Highlighted comments Highlighted comments
Strongly support
Support
Neutral
Oppose
Strongly oppose
Do not know
Strongly support
Support
Neutral
Oppose
Strongly oppose
Do not know
Some people highlighted that the Respondents said there will be a
Caxton Gibbet junction will reduce positive impact on traffic in the area,
congestion, journey times, traffic and particularly in terms of safety and
the number of vehicles using unsuitable congestion both at the new junction
local roads, as well as increase safety. and on surrounding roads.
A small number of people raised A small number of people felt the
concerns that congestion levels at design of the junction was overly
the new Caxton Gibbet junction will complex which could be difficult to
be worse than they are currently due navigate. Some also raised concerns
to large volumes of traffic needing to about the potential for rat running
navigate two roundabouts. through Eltisley during construction and
once the new road is opened.
56% 25% 11% 2% 3% 2% 49% 24% 17% 2% 3% 4%
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Do you support or oppose the 0300 123 5000
info@a428.co.uk
proposed routes for walkers, FREEPOST, A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet
cyclists and horse riders? www.highwaysengland.co.uk/A428
67%
either support or strongly
support the proposals for the
alignment of the new dual
carriageway.
Highlighted comments
Strongly support
Support
Neutral
Oppose
Strongly oppose
Do not know
The scheme will improve the safety
of cyclists, walkers and horse riders
because of the segregation from
motorised traffic.
A small number of people felt that
insufficient consideration has been
given to cyclists including concerns
about the crossing proposed at
Caxton Gibbet.
35% 32% 23% 1% 2% 7%
Proposed Black Cat roundabout
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We remain committed to opening the new road in 2025/26.
We now expect to submit our Development Consent Order
We’re continuing to work through people’s comments in (DCO) application in Summer 2020. This will give us
detail and as we consider the responses, we may make additional time to consider local concerns around the wider
changes to the scheme. If we make significant changes to impacts of the scheme at key points on the road network.
the design, we may carry out further consultation on those It will also give us time to ensure our assessments around
changes. We will keep you informed if this happens. noise and air quality from the changes in traffic patterns are
It is vital we get all aspects of the design right to ensure we as detailed as possible.
maximise the benefits of the scheme while also minimising
any impacts on communities and the environment. We will
continue to work closely with stakeholders to shape the
design and understand the impact on local communities.
Summer 2019 Summer 2020 2020 2020/ 2021 2021 Late 2021 2022 2025/2026
Preparing our Submission of Pre-examination of Examination Recommendation Decision Start of Road opens
planning application DCO application DCO application construction
Considering feedback We will make our submission You can register The Planning The Planning The Secretary of
from the consultation, to the Planning Inspectorate, with the Planning Inspectorate has six Inspectorate State then has three
developing the design and which will include feedback Inspectorate as an months to examine will make a months to issue
preparing our submission to from the consultation. This is interested party our application. This recommendation a decision. This
the Planning Inspectorate. called the DCO application. and make formal is called the DCO to the Secretary of will be followed
representations examination period. State for Transport by a public
The Planning Inspectorate
about the project. Registered parties within three months announcement.
has 28 days to decide if the
You will then be kept can send written of the end of the If approved,
application meets the required
informed of progress comments to the examination period. construction could
standards to proceed, including
and opportunities Planning Inspectorate begin soon after.
whether our consultation has
to be involved. and can ask to speak
been adequate.
at a public hearing.
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