Editing St Neots (section)

===Road===

[[File:Neots sun.png|thumb|St Neots market square on a sunny Sunday]]St Neots lies adjacent to the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 trunk road]] which links the town by road with London and the northeast of England and Scotland. The town is also linked with Cambridge to the east by the [[A428 road]] and Bedford and Milton Keynes by the [[A421 road]] at [[Black Cat roundabout]] on the A1 just south of the town.

Six miles to the north the [[A14 road (Great Britain)|A14 trunk road]] provides westward and eastward access to the [[English Midlands|Midlands]] and [[East Anglia]] respectively.

Although outside St Neots and in Bedfordshire, the Black Cat Interchange has a significant effect on local road users. It is a road junction between the A1 and A428 roads, and the heavy traffic results in serious congestion at times. A major road scheme is in progress to improve the interchange, forming a grade-separated junction; this will relieve the load on the southern part of St Neots and the A428 By-Pass. As well as improving the junction, the scheme will provide a new dual carriageway road as far as the Caxton Gibbet roundabout. In addition minor road connections on the A1 south and north of the Black Cat are bring relocated to provide safer access to the A1. The road scheme is expected to open in 2027.<ref>https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a428-black-cat-to-caxton-gibbet/ National Highways Website: Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Scheme</ref>