How would you like to improve the playgrounds near here? There is money available for funding new equipment or improvements to play areas and open spaces, for example, the small parks in Holbrook Road and Gunhild Close, and the larger recreation ground at Nightingale Avenue. The money comes from building developers as part of their […]

Do you have a suggestion for improving our roads and pavements, such as traffic calming, a zebra crossing or parking restrictions? Cambridgeshire County Council operates a Local Highway Improvement (LHI) programme that funds small schemes costing up to £10,000. It is a competitive process and bids are scored by councillors, but some bids for funding […]

Councillor Tim Moore (a resident of Queen Edith’s Way) writes: The proposed solutions are inevitably compromises – there is no perfect solution possible. What are the issues that the proposed “improvements” are intended to address? More walking and cycling. Car journeys into and around Cambridge will continue to increase. The City Plan has long endorsed […]

Queen Edith’s had a high turnout in last week’s referendum, with 75% of eligible electors casting their vote on the UK’s membership of the EU. Queen Edith’s had a big majority for Remain — also approximately 75%. Cambridge City Council has released figures on its elections page showing turnout figures for every ward. They also […]

The Local Government Boundary Commission has been reviewing the county council divisions, to reduce the number of councillors and partly to even out numbers. Subject to approval in Parliament, Queen Edith’s is to be merged with Trumpington for county council purposes. The new double ward will run from  Chaucer Road and Clifton Way in the […]

Cambridgeshire County Council has advertised  a new traffic regulation order for double yellow lines to protect the junction between Beaumont Road and Almoners Avenue. It will ban parking for 38 metres to the south-east, and 66 metres to the north, as shown on the plan. Beaumont Road, St Ediths – Parking restrictions If you want […]

Cambridge City Council has unanimously passed a policy motion from Tim Moore, agreeing the City should not discriminate against citizens with disability of any form, and will actively seek to reduce such discrimination in all publicly accessible areas. A large number of residents become more disabled with age, and some have significant problems with their […]

  Last weekend the County Council made a start on tarmacking the new cycle lanes on Hills Road – and it is a great relief that the work has begun. They have completed the section between Holbrook and Glebe Roads, and cyclists have been riding on it this week. They plan to do the next […]

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats yesterday called for full independent scrutiny of the failed deal with Kora to run part of Cambridge Central Library. In a full debate at Shire Hall yesterday, we insisted that an independent review is the only way to regain public trust after the disaster of the Regus-Kora misadventure, when the County was […]

At long last, work has begun to instal lights on the bridleway along the Guided Busway. This is the culmination of a campaign that started in 2012, with a LightTheCycleway! petition presented to the Conservative County Council Cabinet requesting lighting on the southern section of the Busway, between the railway station and Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Trenching […]