National Highways hopes to reopen parts of the major road, more than two weeks after it is closed.
A director at National Highways said the organisation would "mitigate the impact" of the heavy rain that had caused a major road to flood and close for two weeks.
He added that significant progress has been made and nearly 72 litres of water had been removed, and part of the road could reopen by the middle of the week.Mr Fellows said all the remaining flood water could be removed by the end of the weekend or early next week. When this has been completed he said the organisation needed "to access the condition of the road to make sure it's safe for people to drive on".
Mohammad Yasin, the MP for Bedford and Kempston, said he had asked Mr Fellows about plans to prevent the incident happening again.
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