Blog Posts

  • Eric Pickles – pension fund plans

    Today was all about Eric. He has set out a consultation on plans to release up to £22bn of investment in infrastructure by allowing council pension funds to potentially double the amount they can invest into local building projects. At the moment local authority pension funds can invest a maximum of 15% in limited partnerships Read more

  • Eric Pickles – Northstowe

    So, my second meeting of the day was with …………. Eric Pickles for the second time. This time it was at Northstowe. We were able to show off our magnificent guided busway at Longstanton park and ride, which certainly caught his eye. We went on to show him were this new town was to be Read more

  • Eric Pickles – Alconbury Enterprise Zone

    Today I met the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles at Alconbury, along with colleagues from the District Council, LEP and the developers. He was visiting to see for himself the fantastic growth initiatives in our area. The LEP chose Alconbury, as it’s EZ, for a number of reasons. These included Read more

  • Hmmmmm

    Earlier in the week I had an email from Apple telling me my hard drive in my Mac was one of a batch that can be replaced for free as they have been failing. 24 hours later my hard drive fails. Read more

  • Work to start on St Ives Park and Ride expansion

    Work begins next week (5 November) on doubling the size of St Ives Park & Ride site to help keep Cambridgeshire moving. The works are part of a grant of over £2 million which Cambridgeshire County Council has received from the Government to help reduce congestion on the A14. When the work is finished there Read more

  • A14 steering group

    Yesterday we had a good A14 steering group meeting. The project is going to plan and with a fair wind might start earlier than the published date of 2018. DfT continue to work closely with our officers in preparing the plans for the major A14 widening scheme. It was great to see the initial ideas Read more