Universal Great Britain

[yepthatguy]

It’s funny that one of the paragraphs in this article mentions the station hopes to be open by 2026 but that could be delayed if Universal go ahead.

I think the work was scheduled to start today on the ground.

Initial works for new £62m Wixams rail station to begin

The council says the new rail station could open by 2026.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ludus]

A You Tube video from yesterday. Two more houses empty in Manor Road, these are at the far end where the intention is to straighten Manor Road. The contributor also says that residents say one more house in the road is sold but the residents are yet to move.

The video shows the empty houses identified in the video having been fenced off with those concrete barriers.

Beautiful houses tbf, but all for a good cause

 

[yepthatguy]

Not the most fascinating thing, but positive it’s still moving onwards!!

The work at the black cat roundabout on the A1 will massively help keep traffic moving down the A421 dual carriageway if Universal go ahead..

Work starts on viaduct for new A428 between Bedford and Cambridge

A new bypass crosses the River Great Ouse and aims to cut bottlenecks.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Lost Meerkat]

A You Tube video from yesterday. Two more houses empty in Manor Road, these are at the far end where the intention is to straighten Manor Road. The contributor also says that residents say one more house in the road is sold but the residents are yet to move.

The video shows the empty houses identified in the video having been fenced off with those concrete barriers.

I have had it on good authority (ok, a friend who knows a relative of one of the residents) that Universal are still actively trying to buy all the residential property in Manor Road, and may have bought more than we know about.

There were also cars on the old brickworks site today, and more new concrete barriers now blocking the access to the field opposite the old brickworks site. Things are definitely still bubbling and I am getting hopeful that news will break soon.

I think we may need the drone up again to see if anything is going on.

 

[rob@rar]

Things are definitely still bubbling and I am getting hopeful that news will break soon.

I’m past the point of thinking that an official announcement is important. There are so many individual pointers that things are progressing (from Universal having spent £250M on land acquisition, to them continuing to buy inconveniently located houses, and many other signs) I’ve concluded that this thing is happening and I don’t need Comcast to publicly say that for me to be confident. Groundwork was well in hand by the time that Epic Universe was officially announced, I think we might see the same here.

 

[Lost Meerkat]

I’m past the point of thinking that an official announcement is important. There are so many individual pointers that things are progressing (from Universal having spent £250M on land acquisition, to them continuing to buy inconveniently located houses, and many other signs) I’ve concluded that this thing is happening and I don’t need Comcast to publicly say that for me to be confident. Groundwork was well in hand by the time that Epic Universe was officially announced, I think we might see the same here.

I tend to agree. A lot of water is under the bridge now.