A new nuclear power station reactor design is currently going through the regulatory approval process in the UK. Part of the consultation process enables anyone to make comments which the proponents then respond to, with the questions and responses being seen by the regulators. I submitted the following question: Why are the control rods not […]

Construction of the new North Cambridge station is well underway, and it is expected to open in May 2017. The Cambridge News has today published comments from me, Cambridge City Council leader Lewis Herbert, and Jerry Alderton a director of Railfuture. I thought I’d publish my extended thoughts here: The new station will be improve […]

On the 8th of December 2016 the Greater Cambridge City Deal Milton Road Local Liaison Forum, comprising the area’s local councillors, and three residents’ association representatives, voted in favour of a plan which involves removing the existing bus lanes from Milton Road. Managing Director of Stagecoach Andy Campbell was not impressed and suggested councillors were […]

I was in Cambridge city centre last night and came across the police activity. There were a lot of police vehicles parked on New Square. Parts of Fair Street and the backs of the shops on Fitzroy street, up to the Grafton Centre had been cordoned off. There were police officers manning the cordon, and […]

Some motorways in the UK now have “hard shoulder running” or a “dynamic hard shoulder”. Under certain traffic conditions people are permitted to drive in the hard shoulder to increase the capacity of the road and reduce congestion. Some new, or remodelled, stretches of motorways have no hard shoulder at all and operate “all lane […]

Vehicles related to the refurbishment of the Revolution bar on Downing Street in Cambridge have been parked blocking the cycle lane outside the bar over the last few days. The cycle lane on Downing Street outside the bar enables cyclists to travel against the flow of motor traffic on the road. When the lane has […]

I have submitted the following for the Public Questions / Statements agenda item of the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel meeting on the 9th of November 2016: I would like to suggest the panel looks into the arrangements surrounding police misconduct hearings. The notice for the misconduct hearing which started on the 31st of October […]

A huge number of notices have been placed along Adams Road in Cambridge, and along the cycle and pedestrian footpath to the University of Cambridge West Cambridge site. The notices say: Adams Road bike route under threat. Huge diversion planned increasing journey times by up to 15 minutes. Posted by NNRA This is clearly bizarre […]

In advance of deliberations about the remodelling of Milton Road re-entering the public sphere after weeks behind closed doors I shared my views in a video: It’s the 17th of October 2016. I’m here on Milton Road in North Cambridge. Councillors on the Greater Cambridge City Deal Board have decided to spend twenty-three million pounds […]

On the morning of the 17th of October 2016 I was on BBC Radio Wales with presenter Jason Mohammad and former Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston discussing a suggestion from Assistant Chief Constable Phil Kay of Leicestershire Police that preventable burglaries should not be investigated. The Police Chief’s comments were reported in The […]