Friday, May 18th, 2012 by davidjenkins
It was the annual meeting of the County Council this month and that meant a little more ceremony than usual. In previous years that would have been all that we would get but the rules were changed recently, at the request of the Lib Dems, to allow oral questions. There were also a couple of motions but even then we were still finished by lunchtime.
John Powley was re-elected for a second year as chair with Kevin Reynolds as his deputy.And there was a minor cabinet re-shuffle with Steve Criswell stepping down from the hot seat of ‘buses, potholes and speed
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Monday, May 14th, 2012 by suegymer
The scheme to improve the B1049/A14 junction for cyclists and pedestrians is taking another step towards implementation. Detailed modelling of a proposal to install Toucan crossings on all crossing points has demonstrated the feasibility of the scheme and it can now go to consultation.
Concern had been expressed about the possible impact on queues and capacity so the CCC Traffic Signals Team has completed a ‘Linsig model’ to see what would happen based upon actual traffic flows. This work has revealed that there would be no negative impact on either queue lengths or the capacity of the interchange except in the
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 by davidjenkins
The County Council has just published a newsletter to explain where it’s got to with respect to its project to bring ‘superfast broadband’ to Cambridgeshire. Click on the icon below to read it.
This initiative is important because BT plans only go so far and would cover about 70% of the country in total. With the County Council’s ‘add-on’ that will rise to 90% in Cambridgeshire.
Some parts of Cottenham, Histon and Impington are well served already, namely Histon and Impington. The rest of the division is poorly served.
To find out how good your broadband speed is at the moment go to
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 by davidjenkins
Our county councillors’ monthly report for April 2012 is now available on-line. Click on the icon below.
Download this file
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Sunday, May 6th, 2012 by davidjenkins
Improvements to the Cottenham to Histon cycleway have now been completed. The £450,000 scheme was funded through the Housing Growth Fund administered by Cambridgeshire Horizons. Cyclists now have a pretty good route all the way from Cottenham to the A14 junction.
Additional width was achieved by purchasing adjacent land and piping a watercourse.
Local cyclists have been impressed with the smooth machine-layed asphalt surface with solar powered cats eyes to light the way at night and the scheme has already been successful in attracting commuters to cycle to Cambridge in preference to adding to traffic congestion by driving.
To
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 by davidjenkins
It will soon be May and in South Cambs that means election time. If it’s not the county council, elections which come round every 4 years, it’s the district council and that’s what it is this year.
The Lib Dem candidate in the Cottenham ward, which includes Oakington and Westwick, and Rampton, is Richard Gymer. Richard is a long term resident of Cottenham. he is a keen cyclist and a daily user of the improved cycle path beween Cottenham and Histon.
In the Histon and Impington ward, which includes Orchard Park and the Meadows, the Lib Dem candidate is Yemi Macaulay. Yemi
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012 by davidjenkins
There’s too much of a tendency in our villages for motorists to park on our verges and, sometimes, to use them as an extension of the road. And results in them being damaged. Sometimes it’s the only option but often it’s a lack of patience or simply poor road design.
Cambridge Road in Impington, the stretch that runs between the two ends of the Crescent, is a case in point. There’s a traffic calming restriction at each end, people park on both sides and the road isn’t very wide. It’s also a bus route. And although it’s lost much of its
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by davidjenkins
Our county councillors’ monthly report for March 2012 is now available on-line. Click on the icon below.
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Sunday, April 1st, 2012 by davidjenkins
David and Sue met county officers last week to address an issue raised by a local wheel chair user viz the poor state of the footpaths and crossings in our villages as far as the disabled are concerned.
The meeting focussed on the area at the Station Road/High Street junction in Histon and several issues were identified;
the width of Station Road, it’s lack of a central refuge and the poor disability when crossing from the Co-Op side.
the width of the pavement outside the Co-Op
the poor state of the footpaths and the presence of several unnecessary drop curbs
the absence of drop kerbs
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 by davidjenkins
It was another long day at Shire Hall with lots of motions, a good dose of public input and a contentious issue revisited.
There were two questions from the public: one about bus cuts from South Cambs Cllr Tumi Hawkins and one from Martin Lucas-Smith of the Cambridge Cycling Campaign about cycling. Even though the Council’s big headaches generally involves adult social care and children’s services the public seems more focussed on transport and travel related issues.
There were also two petitions. The first related to street lights in Cherry Hinton and the second requested a decent bus service from Abbey to
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