Transport
Greater Cambridge Deserves Better
Greater Cambridge is a fast growing subregion, with Cambridge City at its centre, a city constrained by its medevial centre and the green belt that surrounds it. The growth is welcome by some, and unwanted by many due in part to the soaring cost of housing and the difficulty of transport into and within the […]
Bourn Airfield Park & Ride Site Coming to Highfields Caldecote
At the July 2017 meeting, the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) Executive Board (EB) received a report of eight potential Park and Ride (P&R) sites for the A428 transport corridor. This was as a result of the first phase of the P&R sites assessment showing up environmental concerns about the 3 options that had been looked […]
SCDC Draft Local Plan Voted Through By Small Margin
At the full council meeting held on Thursday 13th March 2014, councillors at South Cambridgeshire District Council voted by a small majority to accept the proposed draft local development plan and send it off to the Planning Inspector for examination. 27 councillors voted for, 21 against and 5 abstained. In short, 26 of the
Lib Dems Condemn Tory Plan to Cut Dial-A-Ride Funding as “Heartless”
A Tory plan to cut funding for the county’s Dial-a-Ride and other community transport schemes which could lead to their total collapse has been attacked as “brutal and heartless” by Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats. They say the move, in the Conservatives’ proposed County Council budget would leave elderly and disabled people isolated and vulnerable across […]
Cambridgeshire County Council missed opportunity to solve problem at traffic congestion hot spot
When a good opportunity presents itself to solve a long standing problem, as tax payers we would expect our councils to take the opportunity and alleviate the suffering that the problem is causing. But that does not seem to be the case with Cambridgeshire County Council and the problem of the A1303 Madingley Road between […]
Communities secretary Eric Pickles criticizes Cambridge as too anti-car
It is rare that I agree with sentiments expressed by a government minister, and this is one of them, especially in the ongoing context of the transport plans for Bourn Airfield Development as contained in the draft county council transport strategy document. Cabinet minister and Communities secretary Eric Pickles lashed out at Cambridge city’s […]
Fly to Australia, Kruger, Abu Dhabi and Phuket from Cambridge Airport
I saw this article in the Cambridge News and thought it was interesting … and definitely not surprising having once gone on a tour of the airport arranged specifically for councillors. The news is that the revolution in Cambridge air travel is continuing at a dizzying pace. Local travellers will now be able to […]
New Transport Strategy for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire
The County Council is preparing a new Transport Strategy for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire in parallel with the South Cambridgeshire and the Cambridge Local Plans. The draft strategy is looking at ways to improve transport in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire up to 2031, and affects the viability of the proposed Bourn Airfield Development. The […]
Bus petition with seven hundred signatures presented to county council
Transport is a fundamental requirement for those of us who live in the rural areas of our county. Some of the services cannot be run without some form of subsidy but unfortunately Cambridgeshire County Council political leaders do not seem to have grasped that and have decided to remove all subsidy to our bus services. […]
Toft residents welcome improvements to local footpaths
Improvements to the safety and accessibility of public footpaths around Toft have been welcomed by local residents. The popular network of footpaths west of Toft High Street, towards Kingston to the south, Caldecote to the west and Hardwick to the north, have benefitted from seven new gates – which replace stiles – the levelling […]