At a recent meeting County Council officers outlined plans to improve the B1049/A14 junction for pedestrians and cyclists. There will probably also be an improvement for south bound road users.
People who use the junction today are well aware of its problems. There’s no protection for pestrians or cyclsts as they cross either down slip road and there’s inadequate capacity for traffic approaching it southwards along the B1049.
But with the aid of section 106 money from the Orchard Park development the officers have developed an elegant and pragmatic way to give the pedestrians and cyclists the protection which they need and, at the same time, to make it easier for southbound traffic.
The officers presented their ideas to a meeting with parish and community council reps from Histon, Impington and Orchard Park, County Councillors and representation from the Cambridge Cycling Campaign. Their ideas were well received and will now go formally to the councils after which there will be a period of consultation before final sign off and implementation in the next few months.
Sue says: ‘This is more good news not just for Histon and Impington cyclists but also those from Cottenham and for people from Orchard Park and the City who go to Histon and Impington for education and employment.’
Click on the icon below for a copy of the drawings related to the proposal.
A petition has been initiated for people to register their opposition to the County Council’s bus cuts plans.
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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.
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The briefing note below has been prepared by CCC describing:
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a broad study of options relating to the A14 now that the previously proposed scheme has been withdrawn;
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the ‘A14 challenge’ (a ‘consultation’ looking for ideas; and
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the £20million of short-term measures (including some for the Girton interchange)
Our county councillors’ monthly report for December 2011 is now available on-line. Click on the icon below.
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.
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Sustainable Cottenham shared the disappointment felt by many on hearing the government’s plans to reduce Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) for photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation. The decision to bring forward the cut-off date to 12th December prevented many households from installing PV panels at the FiT rate they had planned for and also had an adverse effect on many of the small companies engaged in their installation.
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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.
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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.
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In July fire forced the closure of Cottenham’s Co-op Store and the past few months have brought into sharp focus the unique position that the shop has in the village.With its boarded up shop front and roof still bearing the scars of the work of the emergency services, it was a depressing sight in the centre of the village and rumours abounded about the future of the store. But tomorrow, 08 December, a new look, temporary shop opens. Work still remains to be done to the rear storage area which saw the most severe damage but, until that re-building work is complete, a temporary sales area slightly smaller than before the fire will restore this much needed facility to the village.Once the work is complete the shop will be bigger than before.
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