I have responded to the Greater Cambridge City Deal’s Consultation on Tackling Congestion following the Greater Cambridge City Deal Board’s endorsement of a policy of pursuing traffic reduction measures including: peak congestion control points in the weekday morning and evening peak periods; and on-street parking controls (including residents’ parking) Key Points: I stressed the costs, […]

A planning application for the first phase of the Chisholm Trail cycle route has been submitted and a consultation is underway. Overall the Chisholm Trail route is a largely low, or no, traffic walking and cycling route from Cambridge Central Station to the planned Cambridge North Station. The initial phase of the route goes from […]

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s Clinical Commissioning Group has decided to pay consultants McKinsey and Company around £800,000 to train its staff how to problem solve. The Clinical Commissioning Group is responsible for a £1bn/year NHS budget locally, covering hospital care, out of hours services and ambulances. The amount of money about to be given to McKinsey […]

One of Peterborough’s most senior doctors has used his position on the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group to speak against the ease of access to takeaways, fast food, and alcohol in the city. General Practitioner Harshad Mistry, who represents Peterborough GPs, suggested that by permitting these establishments councillors and public health officials were sending […]

Primary Care (GP) services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are currently commissioned by a joint committee comprising representatives of the Cambridgeshire Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS England. The committee is responsible for an annual £118m budget. I would like to see the committee made up of local elected representatives. Currently no elected representatives are on […]

The Greater Cambridge City Deal board appear to be intending to make some initial decisions on proposals to remodel Milton Road within the first two weeks of September 2016. At a meeting of the City Deal board on the first of September the chair Cllr Herbert supported a proposal to appoint architects to develop new […]

The Greater Cambridge City Deal is considering a programme of boozy dinners, lunches and fine dining in their efforts to attract investment to Cambridge. I’ve seen how the kind of companies we want to attract to Cambridge decide where to base their operations and the prime consideration is the presence of other companies and institutions […]

One of the initial 30 MPH signs for drivers entering Cambridge on Milton Road has been missing for almost a week at least. Shortly after passing the site of the missing sign drivers entering Cambridge encounter one of Cambridgeshire’s most frequently triggered speed cameras. I wonder if the sign’s removal has been notified to the […]

Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel Refer Complaints Against Police and Crime Commissioner to Independent Police Complaints Commission Complaints about police commissioner Jason Ablewhite to be referred to IPCC https://t.co/ZjmxlG9mzt pic.twitter.com/YQldpGRN4W — Cambs Times (@cambstimes) July 15, 2016 The Cambridge News is today reporting: Tory police boss of Cambridgeshire in probe over ‘serious’ remarks on travellers […]