A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet by-pass

Highways (England) are proposing to re-route this part of the A428 through the beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside. As justification they say traffic will be speeded up by a few minutes at peak times. But building new roads just makes room for even more traffic. The only result is a continuous and permanent loss of England’s green and pleasant land.

Please sign this petition and pass it on to your friends.
And, more importantly, submit your objection to Highways public consultation.
A sample objection is given below
The consultation period ends on April 23rd. So this is urgent.
Email your objection to
[email protected]
giving your full name and postal address.

Sample Objection

A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet proposal
The proposed by-pass road is un-necessary.
Improvements to the Black Cat roundabout (proposed in the Plan) and to the Caxton Gibbet roundabout (not included in the Plan) will speed up the travel time to a degree which makes a new road un-necessary.

The argument for the new road is basically an economic one that eventually it will increase the UK gross domestic project (GDP). However the GDP per capita has remained fundamentally unchanged over the last 15 years despite the building of new roads and the widening of many others. Thus there is likely to be no economic gain.

The loss of Cambridgeshire countryside will be permanent. It is just one further example of the constant erosion of our countryside heritage which is occurring throughout England. The value of this loss has not been weighed against any real economic gain or indeed against the perceived gains as seen by the proposers of this Plan

Should Highways reject these arguments the Orange route is to be preferred.