Blog Posts

  • Little Wilbraham March 2010 parish report

    A14 Public Enquiry update As you will know the consultation on the proposals to rebuild the A14 closed on the 6th of January 2010. The Government have appointed the Inspector and his team. The full details of all the objections is likely to be made public in March. The Inspector is likely to hold the Read more

  • Guided busway update

    This is complex and frustrating. Having looked into the matter and had officer briefings it seems clear to me that the council has by and large got things right. The issue seems to be the contractor has over run on its own costs and is trying a number of tactics to recover them from the Read more

  • Transport Innovation Fund Scrapped

    Briefing note on the Department for Transport announcement of the Urban Challenge Fund and the scrapping of Congestion TIF On Tuesday 2 March 2010, Sadiq Khan, the Minister of State for Transport announced the setting up of an Urban Challenge Fund, which would replace the Congestion Transport Innovation Fund. This fund would require… “…Local Authorities Read more

  • Lib Dems still demand congestion charge ????

    So, the transport innovation fund is dead. We have all spent a lot of time running around preparing bids for up to £500m to improve the transport infrastructure. And now it has been taken away by this bankrupt labour government. I resented being told we could only have the money we were rightly due, for Read more

  • Horningsea Reservoir – Improved Safety

    Horningsea Reservoir – Improved Safety

    A local Horningsea resident was concerned that there were no warning signs nor life saving equipment at the Horningsea reservoir. Having been alerted to this by the parish council I arranged for signs to be installed along with a couple of life belts. Read more

  • Fulbourn Library Access Point

    The LAP service is under financial pressure with £30k of savings required from the LAP service budget. This has caused some concern, in all the LAPS. When Kathy Attmore, the chair of the volunteers, raised the issue with me it seemed incredible that this fantastic service should be put at risk for such a small Read more