The BLack Cat Roundabout
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I've just had the "pleasure" of using the "new and improved" traffic light-controlled £6 million Black Cat Roundabout.
One question......how the juddery f
k have they managed to make it even more congested and chaotic?
It was queuing just before the Tempsford exit going north this evening, so approximately a mile of traffic and another 25 minutes to everyone's journey.
They might as well have left it like it was for all the good it's done.
One question......how the juddery f
k have they managed to make it even more congested and chaotic? It was queuing just before the Tempsford exit going north this evening, so approximately a mile of traffic and another 25 minutes to everyone's journey.They might as well have left it like it was for all the good it's done.
I used to commute to uni in Bedford, in rush hour people used to be sat on their bonnets chatting. This was heading north on a1 just before the sharp s bend coming up to the black cat would easily be tailed back 1-2 miles
I soon moved to Bedford for the duration of uni, sod that for a laugh
Edit to add - this was long before the improvements were made or even started. I drove on the a1 when all the roundabout where dual lanes, theres so many more now 4 maybe even 5 in places definitely helps with the flow though
I soon moved to Bedford for the duration of uni, sod that for a laugh
Edit to add - this was long before the improvements were made or even started. I drove on the a1 when all the roundabout where dual lanes, theres so many more now 4 maybe even 5 in places definitely helps with the flow though
Edited by Bailey93 on Wednesday 2nd December 18:58
You picked a bad night! I haven't used it since the improvements so it may have been normal but I do know the M1 was fubarred just north of Luton again this afternoon (for the third day in a row). That always shoves a load of traffic on to the A1 instead. The A6 through mid beds also was worse than I've seen it in a long time yesterday when the M1 was in a similar predicament to today.
BigBen said:
The A1 North of St Neots (ish) was re-worked to remove all roundabouts, the busy bit where it would have made most difference has of course been left completely untouched. If ever anywhere was crying out for a flyover / slip road it is the black cat junction
Ben
This. Bloody hate the A1. And the A421.Ben
Black Cat is over-hyped but in fairness it is generally not great during weekdays, weekends, daylight hours... But I've only experienced truly biblical Black Cat traffic on weekdays during afternoon / evening rush hour (~15.00-19.00). Luckily I get the train to work!
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