It was standing room only at Homerton College on Thursday as the Cambridge South Area Committee debated a planning application by Punch Taverns to demolish the Queen Edith Public House and replace it with housing. Seven councillors voted unanimously to throw out the application.  They insisted on the value of the pub to the community and […]

Thanks to the local resident who was walking in Pigs Passage and told me a Raleigh bike has been abandoned in the allotments between Holbrook and   Glebe Roads. I have reported this to our City Ranger John McAspurn and the bike has now been collected. Do click on the pig before you go! * so […]

Next Monday (18th October), Cambridgeshire County Council will start on improvements to the shared use path on Cherry Hinton Road. Most of the work should be finished in six weeks. It has actually been waiting on the Mill Road work, to avoid too much disruption at one time. Some finishing off work will be done […]

We are in the middle of the latest phase of construction on the busy Hills Road Bridge in Cambridge — a route used by thousands of cyclists every day as well as thousands of pedestrians and motorists. Several people have asked me what is going on, particularly as there is frequently no activity taking place. […]

There will be more road diversions from tomorrow — at least tomorrow is the date advised by Cambridgeshire County Council — as they begin a new road layout. Motorists will not be able to turn into Brooklands Avenue from Hills Road during the period of the work, which could take seven months or more, but […]

I have had several complaints about the drains problems in Hills Road. Whenever we have heavy rainfall, the northbound side of the road turns into a mini-canal. The cycleways are unuseable so you have to go in the road with the cars, and you get a shower as you are waiting to cross Long Road. […]

Cambridge workers are being urged to take part in a Cycle Challenge. We are being pitted against The Other Place. We’ve beaten Oxford in the Boat Race and University Challenge already this year, so here’s the next trial of fortitude! It works like this: you sign up at your place of work, then encourage your […]

Train passengers are being asked to allow extra time to get to Cambridge railway station while work is carried out to improve public transport. To keep all traffic moving and minimise delay,s the roundabout outside the station will have temporary traffic lights in place for the next two weeks (starting next Tuesday, 4th May). The […]

Cambridge councillors at the Lib Dem party conference came home from Birmingham with an award for our work on improving transport from the Local Government Association Liberal Democrat Group. It is the ‘Improving Transport Award 2010’. Although the County Council is the main transport authority, the City Council were praised for some of our innovative […]

Cambridgeshire County Council’s Highways Department has promised thorough repairs to the potholes in our area next week. Queen Edith’s Focus Team member Jean Swanson is keeping a list of all potholes in the Queen Edith’s area and passing them on to the County Council.  Help us make sure they don’t miss any by sending us the details of […]