Decision details

Support the adoption of the ‘Orange’ route, subject to any final alignment of a route east of St. Neots and confirmation that the existing A428 will be retained as a local road along its whole length between the A1 and Caxton Gibbet as outlined at Sec. 5.1.

Support proposals for Black Cat roundabout in accordance with Option C that provides a free-flow route for the A421/A428 and the A1 through this junction, as well as providing and all movements arrangements within the junction.

Advise Highways England that any support is conditional on ‘future-proofing’ any A1 improvement scheme and that the current scheme would not prejudice or prevent that future route improvement.

Determine that this route will eventually form part of the wider Oxford to Cambridge Expressway scheme and that nothing emerging in terms of the design of this scheme must prejudice the wider Expressway proposals.