Black Cat Roundabout A1 - How's The A428 Upgrade Going...

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In November I visited the Black cat roundabout to tell the story of how it came to be and what the future holds... in this video, we're looking at the progress made towards that future with the A428 and A421 Dual Carriageway Upgrade. It's costing near enough £1,000,000,000 yes...billion and after all is said and done, we'll have 10 miles of new dual carriageway between the Black Cat and Caxton Gibbet roundabouts.

[@ed_j_webb]

1:16 "Oh No! We left the property open and exposed over the winter and now its integrity has deteriorated. Ooops! Guess intead of spending lots of money to move it to a museum we're just going to have to demolish it. Darn!"

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Makes a change from an inconvenient building being burned down in a mysterious fire. 😉

[@Interference22]

Yeah, the moment I heard that I thought "Jesus, they're really that blatant, aren't they?" I'd have a hard time believing this was anything other than completely deliberate.

[@timwilks666]

@@Kevin-mx1vi (cough) Network Rail...

[@maarschalkvr]

that's just todays guideline if you want to get an important or interesting building demolished , can just put the road around it i'd say

[@KPKENNEDY]

How convienient.

[@srednivashtar5432]

The thing about Auto Shenanigans videos is it’s easy to laugh at the sarcastic delivery, when it reality it’s factual reporting.

[@Paul-Genge]

the thoroughfare equivalent to an @JonathanPie video

[@willtricks9432]

A touch of Dickens from John.

[@philhawley1219]

Shenanigans videos are comedy based on a deep foundation of documentary exposing the collosal sums of money wasted and pocketed by our vile government and their friends. Mr. Marples is still alive and doing well beyond the River Styx, well until it gets privatised. Severn Trent Water have already started pumping sewage into it.

[@ShaimingLong]

I had the same thought at the end when he mentioned the cat being lost forever. It initially came across as a sarcastic jab, until it sunk in that he's probably right.

[@IN_THIS_DAY_AND_AGE]

How very convenient for National Highways that the grade 2 listed building was left "open and exposed to the elements." Almost like it was planned.

[@52robbo]

What a suggestion!! 😅

[@Stealth360stealth]

does anyone actually are though, there's hundreds of those little cottages all across the UK, its hardly a significant building. The idea of rebuilding it sounded costly and pointless, I'm sure the majority of the British public would prefer the money was spent elsewhere

[@JamesAnalogArchive]

@@Stealth360stealth You sound like you work for National Highways.

[@eighteenfiftynine]

​@@Stealth360stealthyes, lots of people care. You are in the minority. One only has to look to towns such as Northampton to see what happens when we carelessly tear down our heritage in favour of new projects that have no relevance whatsoever less than a quarter century on - in the case of Northampton, undeterred, they have even pulled down _more_ of their architectural heritage along with the failed buildings that they built the first time around. I can't wait for the Labour new towns projects that will bring this model to areas of the country as yet untouched by the hand of 'progress'. 🙄

[@barneypaws4883]

Almost like derelict buildings that suddenly catch fire for no reason and have to be demolished because they are deemed "unsafe".

[@Helldriver101]

Ooh, how convenient that they "forgot" to make the building survive winter

[@ShaimingLong]

Must admit, that annoyed me more than I expected, and for there to seemingly be no punishment - which I would have guessed to be an insubstantial fine - was even more irksome. It's like National Heritage just threw their hands up immediately and gave up, setting a worrying example.

[@Tigerbiten]

The black cat will be on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard.”

[@ShaimingLong]

Let's not forget that the lavatory will be in a soon to be abandoned office building that will go neglected for a decade before unceremoniously being demolished to make space for a car park.

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

Let's all hope they didn't forget about the kittens..

[@fumthings]

gotta build by-passes...

[@barneypaws4883]

It's being kept safe and sound in a skip

[@maj0072]

I'm sure the Vogons will put on the hyperspace roundabout.

[@alanimals]

They have decided after the brown envelope was passed under the table.

[@samholdsworth420]

Why would you want to pass poo around? 😮

[@UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport]

​@@samholdsworth420 😂

[@Decrepit_biker]

Wow, I'd have never guessed that cottage would have ended up in that situation..... it's almost like the listed system only functoons when it's convenient for the authorities. Funny that.

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Yes, did you have any doubt?

[@user-ve8fu9ti5i]

The system only functions when it is convenient for the authorities...a bit like elections!

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

Where's Blott when you need him to fortify the gatehouse.....this might go over some heads...

[@craigmorgan8869]

In my 26 years of life I never thought I’d enjoy watching a man talking about road that a drive everyday but here I am tuning into every single upload 😂

[@pauleff3312]

You too? It's a strange illness which aflicts us...... lol

[@skys9288]

the horror that is the mornings

[@ShaimingLong]

I only know of one or two videos from my part of the country and I'm in it for the long haul!

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

@@ShaimingLongthat's when the haul becomes haulage..

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

3:57 - 'Memory' from Cats is a piquant choice of outro music for the Black Cat Roundabout, Jon!

[@Vtarngpb]

“I was 19 years old when the musical “Cats” came to our town… I couldn’t wait to see it! After the show, I was asked if I wanted to go meet some of the performers backstage… man I was thrilled! But when I got back there, they were drunk and out of control…”

[@manlu_gaming]

Once they took the trees down and the extension on Brook Cottage, I knew that building wouldn't last. TBF I was surprised it hadn't burned down by "accident"

[@TheAde71]

That sort of thing happened near me when a pub closed.there was a big hoohah about it and the locals were pissed off about it. There’s flats on the site now. Tbf it was a shithole

[@barneypaws4883]

Like that crooked pub that some how caught fire and was demolished as quickly as possible because it "wasn't safe". Very strange!

[@acespark1]

I think you, John should take custody of the black cat and keep him safe for the nation. Then Auto Shenanigans can perform a ceremony to reinstate him in 2027 😎

[@Coolcarting]

The thing was an eyesore, I hope they do lose it.

[@willtricks9432]

I thought it was a her.

[@dickyboyjr]

I think send it on tour until 2027.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

@@Coolcarting trash take

[@ShaimingLong]

@@Coolcarting As far as eyesores on roundabouts go, you can find so many worse ones in the country than that cat. Hell, you could not even notice it when the road is busy or it's dark. Way better than some blobby huge modern art piece.

[@craigsibley8161]

Left open to the elements during winter. Refreshing change from the standard "arson attack"...

[@razghost2]

"hopefully it remains on schedule and more so on budget" lol oh Jon you and your jokes

[@SedraKotova-wb9ib]

Love your unique style, never change!

[@connorohoare7470]

Love it when builds get listed and then where there’s money to be made they are really chill with just knocking it down. They did the same with the air balloon pub on the roundabout on the A419 at birdlip hill

[@jonathanhall7334]

People without Scruples. They're destined to go far in life.😮

[@industrialmonk]

What a surprise demolishing deliberately damaging Grade 2 listed building & delisting it. I would have a hart attack if thay left their office. Thay usually don't even inform anyone they are delisting a building. Multiple criminal acts commited but as the ones breaking the law are the ones that allegedly enforce the law it's game over for heritage & history.

[@Coolcarting]

Show me proof of this criminal offence or shut up.

[@geoffreycoan]

Its been widely reported in the local papers and the A428 upgrade website itself. Apparently ‘historical features’ such as fireplaces will be retained from the building

[@MrGreatplum]

That black cat statue has about as much chance of staying as the cottages! (Also, great choice of song at the end - memories from Cats - I see what you did then!)

[@charliegould5865]

What a coincidence that Brook Cottage was left open to the elements over the winter and has now deteriorated. And now it can only be demolished. What an “unfortunate” “accident” that was! I’ve seen this before with a company that wanted to demolish a couple of buildings but weren’t allowed because they were listed. There was an “unfortunate” fire involving one, and an “unfortunate” accident with the other when some cables supporting the roof “accidentally” got cut when work was being done to convert the building for a different use. But the roof didn’t collapse, amusingly it cost the company involved a fortune to repair the damage to the roof cables on a building they didn’t want

[@lloydmorganmoore7810]

My favourite bit of this work is where the road off the roundabout onto the A421 westbound suddenly becomes one lane and the road markings just disappear. It's a free for all with people crossing over each other.

[@seeitsayitdoggo]

Ah yes that's caught me out a few times

[@grahamcutress47]

Oh you mean the well sign posted big yellow sign that warns you that the left hand lane is for the A1 north at 300 yards from the roundabout then at 200 yards then at the point where the 2nd lane appears and then actually on the roundabout too! Sadly people believe they are too important and feel that using that lane will jump the queue of vehicles using the A421 towards MK and Bedford Personally anyone who tries it gets hung out to dry by myself daily and anyone else who has a sense of social justice in front or behind me generally does the same! Basically it becomes a “that sounds like a YOU problem” If you can’t read signs and want to take the risk of being in the wrong lane you’re also got to accept it and eat humble pie and go back round the roundabout to correct your mistake!

[@nickhill2223]

Brook Cottage was still standing at 3pm today (26th June). At £10million a mile this is one expensive road. Doesn't help though when they are replacing bridges that don't appear to be quite wide enough on the existing A421, that was built less than 20 years ago.... As for their compound(s), good grief, have Civil Engineers turned into a bunch of wussies? When I started my working life on a Building site in the late 80's, we had a few Portakabins, a Portaloo, and an old caravan for a tea hut, with a bit of hardcore on the floor to make a yard. You also had to wait several weeks for BT to connect a phone line to site, so if you had an emergency it was either find a call box or knock on a door to ask to use the phone. Now they want tarmac car parks, (complete with white lines), centrally heated office blocks, Gold Star Toilet and shower facilities, a 4 wheel drive each, fast Broadband, kitchen staff, and an Orange suit for every day of the week, with several spares in case they get dirty. Only to spend more money ripping the lot up at the end of the job and putting it back to soil.

[@thomas05ish]

And surprise surprise, public spending gets out of control. Bet they never saw that coming but who cares, it’s not our money so who’s bothered if we waste it?

[@philtucker1224]

That was similar for us Nick when they were converting the M4 to four lanes through Berkshire. The “road builders city” that they constructed between Reading and Slough on the eastbound bound side to house hundreds of road workers over approx five years had all the facilities including clinic medical centre and also a welfare & counselling section for road workers that presumably were missing their families at home etc. ( so I was told ). All returned to beautiful green fields again now thankfully…😁

[@simoncroft9792]

Same story on HS2, I guess the excuse is they cant get rare construction workers to come and work in sh1t.

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

Big super silent generators... and huge diesel tanks.... two way Motorolas ... sorted....but can't be seen to be doing that these days...in 2009 on the M6, they even tried Prius...super silent running and injure the workforce in road...

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

@@philtucker1224prior to the M4...I worked on the M3...we had two site compounds...one was macadamed the other was hardcore and puddles....guess which one I was stationed at...yep...puddletown!..😂

[@mandym2808]

Good to see it from the air. I drive back that way going south on way home from work.

[@geoffreycoan]

I flew over this construction site last weekend, its very much as you showed it Jon. More progress at the black cat end with the preliminary roadworks snaking round the bottom of St Neots then stopping abruptly in fields, then work started on sketching out on the ground the other two junctions. Be great when its finished, should have been built like this the first time the black cat was improved, or the second time. Third time lucky

[@davidsirett5560]

i suppose that leaving the old building open to the elements is a lot cheaper than paying someone to start a mysterious fire.

[@mrc7478]

I'm unnecessarily invested in a roundabout I rarely travel on. Thanks a bunch pal!

[@PrograError]

meanwhile as a non brit overseas...

[@philtucker1224]

You can often tell when big developments are planned but not yet announced when large Historic Oaks mysteriously vanish overnight sometimes a year before work commences.

[@bertoltb1358]

Regular updates on the lack of progress, excellent stuff.

[@tidaltwist0311]

There is lots of progress you just don't see it as it's 2 miles down a track into a farmers field

[@stevebrown1974]

You should look at the massive 3 year project called the A417 Missing Link just outside Gloucester. Probably as big as this if not bigger!

[@leopoldbluesky]

Yeah, that one is fun. RIP Air Balloon 😢

[@therodge319]

Love how this video is 4:21 long, very nicely done

[@simon.easton]

I'd been looking at that building thinking "surely they aren't going to take it down?"...this particular shenanigans is only just up the road from where I live in Sandy.

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video John,thats not right letting that historic buildings to rot,but how convenient, surprised it hasn't burned down already 👍🙄

[@simono4991]

This is spooky. I've not driven round the Black Cat roundabout for several years but I drove round it today and wondered what was going on. I get home and find this video waiting for me. As public service broadcasting goes, that's pretty good. BTW the old thatched house is still there but it does look rather sad.

[@simongood9460]

On my hols in Greece and I still clicked. Lovely work as always!

[@stuartmoseley]

Amazing the building survived all those bleak winters and yet in a period of global warming it was just too much..

[@mattor_man]

Cheers for this update, hopefully a regular thing! Really cool to get the birds-eye view on the progress. I drive the route every day to work from MK to Cambridge and I'm forever watching from the road what's happening with the works, looking longingly for that glorious day in 2027 (supposed) when it's all done.

[@matthewmachin5614]

I’ve been watching from the start Jon avid watcher as a truck driver enjoy every minute, the things you see that leave you wondering when traveling around the country that you have covered and settled the wonderment is quite astonishing really some really in-depth investigation and research done for every video

[@TIMMEH19991]

You cant beat a bit of shenanigans sarcasm in the week🤣🤣

[@dadcanufixit]

There used to be a fantastic burger van just north of this roundabout. A full breakfast in a bap was the specialty and a great hangover cure for a few young airmen of the MDSS mobile team heading out on yet another eastern trip.

[@solariss452]

...and the same layby was home to a massive rat colony. Hundreds of rats lived in the grass bank to the rear of the layby at that time.

[@grim-upnorth]

I drove down the A1 and over the Black Cat roundabout this weekend, and now you've released the video on it... nice 🙂

[@jasongates2300]

This should be great when it is finished. I grew up in Biggleswade and remember the connection at the black cat very well. Having a more uninterrupted run to the North and back will be great.

[@dowhatyouloveandlovewhatyo7024]

This video just saved me a double dart charge bill! Thanks so much, saved my midnight deadline with 47mins to spare 😮

[@roysmith9733]

Thanks John.

[@Beatlefan67]

Well done John.

[@tobyjackman3212]

This is the best video I've ever seen about anything

[@MummaBear]

Oh wow the Librarian blast off sizzling heat has the shorts exposing limbs 👍

[@jonathonbrett-qn1ic]

Thank you Jon excellent

[@braderzjamez3197]

Another great episode Jon 👍🏾👍🏾

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

Brilliant video John⚓️🧲👍

[@brokenbritain9441]

I wonder how much money change hands to get that beautiful building demolished😢

[@Coolcarting]

Who cares, tear it down and let's move on to life for goodness sake.

[@farmersteve129]

That building has been deteriorating for years - probably something to do with thousands of vehicles rumbling past a few yards away day and night. It costs a lot of money to keep historic buildings in good condition at the best of times, but when next to a busy road like the A1 it's a money pit & the sort of people who could afford it aren't the sort who want to live next to such a road

[@brokenbritain9441]

@@Coolcarting you must be from the council🤔

[@brokenbritain9441]

@@farmersteve129 you must be from the highway agency🤔

[@AbandonedCityCamoCrewExplorers]

Ya back to places we been not to long back nice one John lol ,amount times this has been changed over last 30 or more years

[@UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport]

Demolishing a grade 2 listed building is crazy

[@mrc7478]

Disagree. Sick and tired of grade 2 listed buildings.

[@tobyjackman3212]

​@@mrc7478😂😂

[@neiltrevatt]

If no 1 is going to take time and money on the upkeep of listed buildings then what’s going to happen to them anyway

[@UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport]

You have a point ​@@neiltrevatt

[@TheWolfXCIX]

The listing system is stupid anyway, scrap grade 2 only grade 1 means anything

[@sydnorth5868]

I remember when the A428 St Neots southern bypass was built to avoid having to travel through the town. This was when this road was the main road carrying the East/West traffic in the area before the A14 was built to the north of St Neots. This therefore appears to be a southern bypass of the previously existing southern bypass which was previously outdated by a northern bypass!

[@minibus9]

awesome video

[@AdeReeves]

I have been past this area many times recently, and its always a joy to travel on (I'm told) 😀

[@Greg-eq7pf]

Tom who runs a truly astounding company called Preservation In Action for the last three decades... He and his skilled workers can and will move it!! They honestly have moved castles before. Amazing guy, owns and lives in my familes old heritage home.

[@Greg-eq7pf]

Soab, aaaand its gone 🥲😆

[@koolerking440]

Well, that historic building was put in the "too hard box".

[@Anonymoususer_2023]

Nice to see work commencing on building a new junction and a new road that would avoid St. Neots and to make journeys lot more quicker and easier to get to and from Cambridge to Bedford, M1 and Milton Keynes.

[@teent0mt0m]

Interesting stuff as ever, thanks Jon. Be great to have similar “progress” monitoring of the A417 “Missing Link” project near Birdlip.

[@queeg6473]

Please do a vid on the "new" roundabout at Clophill on A507 in Bedfordshire. It has been dubbed by the locals as the "White Elephant" roundabout (a white elephant was placed onto it, but the council took it away). The roundabouts "improvement" cost a shit load of money and actually made it worse........

[@willtricks9432]

Costly and Ineffective, these are bywords for progress.

[@solariss452]

But they've created a wide new cycle route - from nowhere and to nowhere for about 100 yards. It's very lovely and very empty.

[@wtfindestries09]

You should cover the A417 missing link project, it would be good to have your take on their demolition of the air balloon pub

[@SmR8008]

Well I suppose leaving it open to the elements is a change from spontaneous combustion.

[@Maxex4328]

The house was there on Saturday. But it could be gone now I guess. Love the videos. ❤

[@davidking9707]

I use that roundabout a lot and I see the upgrade coming on. That old cottage needs preserving, if it could be moved to a nicer location that will be great news. When finished, it will make my journey to Cambridge easier.

[@SuperRobertwillis]

Nice one John 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@andykilvington1651]

Went through Black Cat twice today. Considering the volume of traffic that uses the A1, it's surprisingly easy to get through the roadworks with only a short delay.

[@Nick-ye5kk]

Love how they build themselves some infrastructure before building the real infrastructure. But how many levels of infrastructure can you get away with?

[@JohnSmithShields]

It all depends on what the feasibility studies say.

[@mrc7478]

Absolutely cracking newt survey for the works here. Highly recommend.

[@rudibelectronics]

John, the black cat statue is mounted to the wall outside one of the temporary site buildings / conpound on the A428 were that new bridged junction is being installed.

[@OZS17]

Can confirm the black cat is being safely kept outside the A428 Wintringham Site Office just down the road front black cat roundabout. You can see the black cat as you drive past

[@chrisjones8876]

Drove through here this morning, and the cottage is still standing, at the moment......

[@__-yw1hb]

that old house at 1:25 is still there (Saturday 29th June) rode to a couple of places in North MK and passed it on my way back to Cambridge via Black Cat roundabout. when i did this last year on my old 125 it was the scariest ride, but now i've been around a few times and have a bigger bike its not so bad

[@stephenyates962]

Shorts and a t-shirt? Must have filmed this during the hot weather. But the beanie's still on, so it's still Jon, doing a great job as always

[@zlango555]

Perfect and really well fitting outro music 🎧 It’s such a shame that everything that’s been preserved about decades almost centuries has just been demolished within days. I remember it really well, when I watched your video about the black cat roundabout. I thought it’s so lovely that they care about the history in that area so much, that they’ve even created the black cat to put it into the roundabout. And now it’s all gone. It’s such a shame.

[@ReksoUK]

John, me and my mrs get a tad upset as when we start a video we are sitting there anticipating a wave and there was no wave, we even wave back. So thanks John, tonight too adults were waving at the tv in vain. (Feel like that’s a dull men’s club post 😂) love the vids, do more around East Sussex please 😊

[@MckIdyll]

I'll never travel on any of the roads you cover, but I wouldn't miss the snark for the world.

[@Sarah-bell]

Leaving the building open that's new, they usually set themselves on fire

[@philipmurphy2]

Hooray good transport content at least by Auto on KZbin

[@samholdsworth420]

Black cats are firecrackers! 😊

[@getreal7964]

another well crafted slice of information with a side of resigned sarcasm so thanks for that Jon - any plans to visit that mega traffic light monster roundabout in Cambridge yet....?

[@pavo45]

It's a wonder that Brook cottage didn't catch fire, most inconvenient places seem to.

[@neilelkins2009]

Probably too damp for the fire to get going.

[@cb01ttr]

I think I saw you filming this a few weeks back. I saw a drone and oddly thought “oh I wander if that’s Jon”. I also feel I’m the dark grey car emerging onto the roundabout in the first shot. At least that’s what I think…

[@steveo5020]

Hi Jon love your videos. If you would like to do a similar “before and after” look at the A46 near Stoneleigh in Warwickshire that would be very interesting. In fact the “new junction” that started back in 2020 is EXACTLY the f&@king same today as it was back in February 2021 with no work whatsoever being done on it. The question is why??? Anyway that saved you a video and possibly gave someone a laugh. Keep up the good work 👍👍

[@stephengilchrist6595]

The project is chaos!!

[@adamjolley8552]

I like this video so I pressed the button specifically for that 👉🏻

[@goddam9925]

Must be summer !!🙃

[@Nav1g8r1]

The A66 dual carriageway has just started Jon! That would be a long project to film

[@zeb3144]

I use this route regularly and we'll see if they can get it right this time. 12 years ago they made the roundabout bigger to reduce congestion...which didn't work.

[@twocvbloke]

That house sounds like a lot of the pubs round here that "mysteriously" burned down, and very quickly afterwards had poor quality houses built on their sites, someone did the dirty there... :\

[@AndrewG1989]

Black Cat roundabout needs a massive upgrade including a new bridge for the A1 to go over River Great Ouse. As well a new road to avoid St. Neots coming to and from Cambridge and A14 which would make it lot easier to get to Bedford and Milton Keynes. Wish this would have happened back in the 1990s or 2000s.

[@iamtonyroberts]

The Black Cat is located outside the A428 Wintringham site office on Loverose Way. Delivered there, thought it was the site's nickname until i saw this video as I live nowhere near this area.

[@DeepSpaceNetwork]

nice

[@ozbolli]

This single point in the United Kingdom was the bane of my life for years. I lived near Caxton and commuted to Milton Keynes. On a Friday the traffic starts to build around 1400 and backs up for miles.

[@MiltonKeynes1]

There’s a massive project at Milton Keynes east! At a similar stage as this one maybe a few months ahead, would make a great video. I can give you some inside info if u want ;)

[@EbanyC]

To be fair, its being done by the same team that completed the A14 upgrade ahead of schedule, so I'm vaguely hopeful about it. Also you can see the black cat statue leaning on one of their compounds as you head westbound on the A428 - can't remember quite where though, I was on a bus and half asleep.

[@robinwells8879]

The pace of new road construction was never rapid but it is pretty glacial now. Rather a lot of HSE and kick off meetings interspersed with time to think sessions perhaps. Strategic imperative matters are not even secondary nowadays. I once launched half a rowing eight off a trailer I was towing at the Caxton Gibbet roundabout. Fortunately I was not responsible for its being tied on but I probably should have checked 😮

[@willtricks9432]

I suggest a cut out of John to be erected on the roundabout to take the place of the Black Cat. This impress upon the planners and trades involved in the transformation that they are being WATCHED and Will be JUDGED in future reports from the the High Priest of Highways Hiccups. Cheers

[@benpc1794]

Well it would seem spontaneous fires are a bit played out now... Just leave a window open over winter and boom it's structurally unsound...

[@jamesabbott5242]

Awesome Video

[@ianwilliams6864]

This is on my doorstep and not a lot has been made of the cottages. Very sad.

[@philtucker1224]

I hope you can have a look at the “quite wonderful” A249 improvements soon John!😂🤣

[@jolewis-brown6608]

Thanks for this explanation; I make occasional trips through there and was wondering what the plan was. Not much wiser but will await 2027 and return of the Black Cat. I think the upgrade of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon must be an exception to your ‘not much good at these sort of things’ as it seemed to be executed in good time. Also the A142 southern bypass around Ely which was quick IMO.

[@BethzeidaJohnson]

On removing listed buildings.........a similar but smaller building was in the way of Jct 26 on the M25 and the owners insisted it be moved to the north side of the M25 to stop their objections rather than take the money and run. It was relocated but after a year they moved out because of the noise.