September 2017

Buckden Roundabout

September 2017

Sports & Transport

Buckden Tennis Club

We have 4 all-weather hard-courts waiting for you to play on. The courts are open 7 days a week, all year round, each with

floodlighting to county standard. Our friendly club welcomes people of all standards and ages.

We have a full range of summer club knock-out tournaments running through to October, as well as mens, ladies and mixed

teams competing in Hunts & Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Leagues throughout the year. Upcoming events include the

Club Singles Finals Day on 10

September, The Albert Dudley Tournament (Vets) on 24

September and our last tea tourna-

ment on 1

October.

Email us at

buckdentennisclub@gmail.com

if you would like to enter. More details are found on our web-

site and facebook page shown below.

For the social player we meet on Saturdays and Sundays mornings and Wednesday evenings. All members are welcome – no

one is left out. The courts are free to members to use at other times if they wish to arrange their own games. For those looking

to brush up their skills, or learn new techniques, we have coaching available for adults and juniors through our LTA Qualified

Coach Alex Button (Tel

07850031172

). Coaching is available on 1:1 basis and group sessions can also be arranged.

If you are interested in joining the club please contact us through our Chairman Clare Fraser on

07740456972

or visit our web-

site at

www.buckdentennis.org.uk

or our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/buckdentennisclub

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

July to August 2017 Update

Construction Activities:

Section 1 (Alconbury to East Coast mainline - west):

The new construction access from the A1 to land to the west is ready to be

opened.

Section 2 (Alconbury to East Coast mainline - east): :

Fifty percent of the River Great Ouse Crossings piles are in place, bringing

the works close to the river itself. The precast concrete yard has produced 360 separate units of the total 1600 required, which

equates to over 1000 cubic metres of concrete cast.

South of Brampton Hut, a concrete pour for the east abutment of the bridge is imminent. This will take the new A14 over the

realigned A1. We have now completed approximately one hundred and forty 1.8m wide concrete piles; these are the tubes of

concrete that are lowered into the ground to support structures. The longest of these reaches a depth of 38 metres. A further

thirty-five narrower piles have also been completed, meaning that the piling for the bridges in the section of new road between

Brampton Hut and Buckden is almost complete. Earthworks are progressing well; we have placed 100,000 m3 of stone to form

the River Great Ouse construction platform. A 600,000m2 area of land has been stripped of topsoil for archaeological investiga-

tions. 350,000 m3 of fill has been placed to shape the embankments south of Brampton Hut, forming the realigned A1 and the

new A14 in this location.

On a smaller scale we are nearing completion of a number of farm tracks, providing the farmers with revised access routes. As

the excavation of borrow pits continues, we are monitoring local fishing lakes to ensure that water levels are not adversely

affected. Recharge lagoons have been created for ground water control. Over 1200 metres of ditches have been dug, providing

a permanent drainage solution.

Section 3 (East Coast mainline to Swavesey):

Piling works continue at Mere Way and the New Barns bailey bridge is being

erected. Bridge building at Silver Street & Corpus Christi continues and construction of the Hilton Road bridge is progressing

well.

Environmental and Archaeology:

The electric car charging points are in daily use in the compound car parks

We will be starting archaeological investigations

shortly in the flood compensation areas to the west of the A1 north of Brampton Hut. Across the 13km of Section 3, a total of

104 archaeologists continue their ground investigations near Offord Rd, Conington Rd, Hilton Rd and New Barnes Lane.

You can contact the A14 upgrade team on their dedicated A14 Public Helpline 0800 270 0114. Scheme information is also availa-

ble at their website:

www.highways.gov.uk/A14C2H