A421 in Bedfordshire to close for two weekends as National Highways lifts bridge beams into place
National Highways will close the A421 in Bedfordshire over the first two weekends of November to install six massive steel beams for the new Roxton Road bridge, marking a major milestone on the £1 billion A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. This scheme is designed to transform journeys between Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge, […]
A421 reopens after flooding
The A421 in Bedfordshire has reopened after flooding forced its closure on 22 September. The road was blocked by floodwater between the A6 at Bedford to the M1 junction 13, near Brogborough/Marston Moretaine, after a month of rainfall fell in under 48 hours. Martin Fellows, Regional Director for National Highways in the East of England […]
A421: National Highways says floodwater being cleared as quickly as possible
The flooded A421 in Bedfordshire could reopen sometime this week as work continues to clear the road which has been shut since late last month. Martin Fellows, Regional director for National Highways in the East of England, told the Bedford Independent newspaper that the organisation has been taking the clear-up very seriously and working as […]
A421 could be closed for days because of flooding
National Highways says it could be several more days before it’s cleared flooding on the A421 in Bedfordshire, despite having removed more than five million litres of water from the road. Following torrential rain over the weekend, the A421 was shut in both directions between A6 at Bedford to M1 junction 13 near Brogborough/Marston Moretaine. […]
