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Project UniversalBroadmead Road to reopen on 17th July; temporary lights at Woburn Road junction 20th–24th July
New three‑way traffic lights at the Broadmead Road/Woburn Road junction will be switched on when the road reopens, but extra temporary lights will be in place for a week of finishing works.
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Project UniversalContractors clear woodland access at future Wixams station site
Survey markers and a new access route have appeared on the western side of the Midland Main Line as early site work begins for the station that will serve the Universal United Kingdom Resort and the growing town of Wixams.
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Project UniversalRecruitment advert spotted for contractors on Universal construction site in Bedford
Roles listed include dozer and tractor drivers, 360 operators, labourers and gatemen; pay advertised at £16–£24 per hour with ongoing work available.
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Project UniversalEarly enabling works spotted at future Wixams railway station site
Contractors have started cutting an access route through trees and placing survey markers in the wooded area, while the main station site remains relatively quiet.
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Project UniversalTemporary two-way traffic lights on Ampthill Road near future Wixams station between 6th and 10th July
Network Rail will bring in plant and machinery for preliminary works; lights only used when needed with delays of around 15 minutes expected
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Project UniversalTopsoil from Core Zone loaded into Collins tippers and taken two miles to Wixams landfill
Excavators are filling Collins tipper trucks with Core Zone topsoil, which then make the two‑mile journey to the Wixams landfill site before returning for another load in a constant flow throughout the day.
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Project UniversalKempston Hardwick station expected to be replaced as Universal United Kingdom Resort Core Zone stretches out behind it
The Marston Vale Line halt, opened in 1905 and briefly closed during the First World War, is expected to close and be replaced by a new station sited roughly halfway to Stewartby to cope with millions of visitors anticipated for the Universal resort.
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Project UniversalDiggertron Omega remains idle on concrete slab in Bedford
The Universal UK construction machine has been spotted day after day sitting on a concrete slab in Bedfordshire, prompting speculation about when it will begin work.
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Project UniversalToyota car transporter rolls past future Universal UK site en route from Derby to France
A train carrying hundreds of new Toyotas passed the Bedford site today, bound for the Channel Tunnel and onwards to France as work continues on the Universal United Kingdom Resort.
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Project UniversalBedfordshire police working with Universal and council ahead of resort, Police and Crime Commissioner says
The BBC reports officers are already preparing with Universal and Bedford Borough Council; security plans are being drawn up for the construction phase as thousands of workers are expected on site.
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Project UniversalNew episode of Bricking It podcast out now — watch the hosts as cartoons
The latest episode of Bricking It: The Universal UK Resort Podcast is available to listen to on Spotify (or wherever you get your podcasts) and can now be watched with the presenters as cartoon characters. A mature-audience warning applies.
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Project UniversalM1 Junction 13 improvements not included in Universal’s £1.3bn government package, Bedford council told
Bedford Borough Council’s first Universal Project Overview & Scrutiny Committee heard that detailed submissions are still to be made, construction activity will increase later this summer, and parking and community protections are being considered.
