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Chesterton Road Zebra Crossing – Lighting Maintenance Problems
The zebra crossing on Chesterton Road between Carlyle Road and the Jesus Lock footbridge has been an accident blackspot, however following the installation of fantastic quality floodlighting and orange LED halos around the belisha beacons (Zebrite Belisha Beacons ) the number of incidents appears to have been falling. From what I can glean from the […]
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Central Government to Stop Extracting Millions of Pounds Per Year of Council House Revenue From Cambridge
Currently Cambridge City Council currently hands over a large chunk of the rent income it gets from the city’s council housing to the Government; supposedly to support the provision of social housing in other cities. In 2008/9 out of £27.1m of rent collected £11.9m was taken by the Government for supposedly for redistribution elsewhere. This […]
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Abandoned Cycles Clogging Cycle Parking at Babraham Road Park and Ride
There are lots of bikes parked around the Babraham Road park and ride site’s car-park, the official bike parking area is full. In the mornings as many people now cycle or walk from the site as get the bus. I recently visited the Babraham Road park and ride site and was a surprised to see […]
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Ideas Sought to Improve A Stretch of Milton Road
This stretch of Milton Road in Cambridge could be made safer. The photograph shows faded and battered cycle lane signage. At Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 2nd of July 2009 Cllr Boyce asked for ideas for how the council could spend some of its “Environmental Improvements” budget on Milton Road. I believe […]
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Asking the Police to Record The Costs of Crime
I am concerned Cambridgeshire Police are not recording the costs of criminal damage like this. During Sgt. Wragg’s update on North Area policing at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 2nd of July 2009 he said he had received no suggestions on ways to improve the police’s regular reports. When he invited me […]
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Police Claim 20mph Average Speed on Water Street / Fen Road in Chesterton
During June 2009 Cambridgeshire Police Monitored Speeding Through the Speed Cushions on Water Street, Chesterton. I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 2nd of July 2009. Sgt. Wragg of Cambridgeshire Police gave an update on policing North Cambridge as an introduction to the agenda item during which policing is discussed by councillors […]
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Giving Evidence to the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission
Cambridgeshire Transport Commissioners Brian Briscoe and Tony Travers heard from the police, academics, and city residents at a session on the 25th of June 2009. On the 25th of June 2009 the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission held an evidence gathering session in the University Centre. I was one of a number of Cambridge residents asked, on […]
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Commenting on Government Plans to Regulate Banks and Reign in Personal Debt
In white paper to be published next week the UK Government is reportedly going to announce new plans to regulate the banking sector. A key feature will be increasing the amount of capital banks are required to hold, in particular the minimum amount of liquid capital banks are required to hold will be increased. From […]
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Cambridge City Council Adopts New Protocol for Making Decisions on Tree Works
People find it easier to deface notices of tree works and put their own notices on trees than to object formally to the city council’s proposals. Cambridge City Council’s new policy for consulting on tree works was taken to the Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on the 29th of June 2009. I had commented […]