Saturday, January 28th, 2012 by davidjenkins
A petition has been initiated for people to register their opposition to the County Council’s bus cuts plans.
The petition, called ‘Stopping the cuts to bus services in Cambridgeshire’ reads:
‘We the people of Cambridgeshire are opposed to the Conservative County Council’s decision to scrap 100% of funding for subsidised buses, which led to an application for Judicial Review.
‘Socially necessary bus services are vital to the whole of Cambridgeshire, especially for young people who need to access to centres of employment, those with mobility issues who wish to access the wider community and its resources, and for tackling the root problem of
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012 by davidjenkins
One of the spin offs from housing and other developments is something called section 106 money. This is money from the developer used to mitigate the impact of its development on local facilities like schools and roads.
Money has just become available in Histon from the Brackenbury development at the end of Kay Hitch Way and following meetings with the parish council it has been agreed to use this to improve the footpath between Kay Hitch Way and the War Memorial. It’s a stretch of footpath which is heavily used by residents including older people living in the Brackenbury development and
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 by davidjenkins
The briefing note below has been prepared by CCC describing:
a broad study of options relating to the A14 now that the previously proposed scheme has been withdrawn;
the ‘A14 challenge’ (a ‘consultation’ looking for ideas; and
the £20million of short-term measures (including some for the Girton interchange)
A14_note_110112.pdf Download this file
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012 by davidjenkins
Our county councillors’ monthly report for December 2011 is now available on-line. Click on the icon below.
JDJ+SG_Dec_11_monthly_update.pdf Download this file
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Friday, January 6th, 2012 by suegymer
Members of the public are being asked by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority if they would support a council tax rise of 2.5 per cent from April 2012.
The proposed raise would mean an average Band D property would pay an extra £1.44 a year – just a little more than a loaf of bread.
The extra money raised from the council tax increase is needed to meet inflationary pressures and allow for essential investment in Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service’s (CFRS) operational equipment over the year.
If the money cannot be raised through a council tax increase, the fire authority will be
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Monday, December 26th, 2011 by davidjenkins
The guided bus cuts Station Road in Histon and Impington and there’s quite a complex crossing set-up including a diagonal for cyclists. But because a green man can only be given to pedestrians crossing the busway itself when both Station Road and the busway have red lights the green man time for parents and their children walking to school has been very short.
Officers have visited the site and met with David and as a result a number of measures have been/will shortly be implemented. These include:
a reduction in the maximum waiting time before a new green man to appear. This
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Saturday, December 10th, 2011 by davidjenkins
The bus route from Cottenham into the City has existed for many years. The name of the service changes (106 to citi7 to citi8 etc) but the route hasn’t varied. And the stops associated with the route are defined and known, both by County Council officers and by Stagecoach’s managers. But because there’s no sign at the stop just north of Histon bus drivers have been reluctant to stop there.
In fact the drivers have refused to stop and that’s been a considerable inconvenience to people who live close to the stop. Firstly buses wouldn’t stop for them so they
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 by davidjenkins
The result of the new approach to council meetings has been twofold. Firstly because we no longer review the recent cabinet meetings we have to find other ways of engaging debate and that’s meant more motions. Previously there have been only 1 maybe 2 motions per meeting, at the last meeting there were 8, this time there were 7. And secondly a change which has not happened. There was a threat to ration oral questions. There is no evidence yet that this had happened. This meant it was another long day, 7 motions and lots of questions plus
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Monday, December 5th, 2011 by suegymer
Our county councillors’ monthly report for November 2011 is now available on-line. Click on the icon below.
Monthly_update_for_parish_councils_2011_11_30.pdf Download this file
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Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 by suegymer
Since the terrible fire earlier this year Cottenham residents have been hoping that a new, improved Co-op would be opening in their village as soon as possible. And thanks to frantic work all round it looks like it will be open before Xmas.
The store itself is in a difficult (on the bend in the middle of the village) but convenient (in the middle of the village and across the road from the Community Centre) position and people have been concerned that the rebuilding addresses the defficiences of the old building. At the same time of course people
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