George Pippas

Amanda Taylor — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:03:53 +0000

Transport and traffic are two of the hottest topics of debate in Cambridge. So we know there are lots of ideas for improving transport. Now is the time to come up with proposals.

By law (Town & Country Planning Act 1990), councils may require financial contributions of developers to reduce the effects of their developments. As this is laid out in Section 106 of the Act, the contribution is dubbed ‘Section 106 money’ by councillors. I do not know what the developers call it.

Cambridgeshire County Council is asking us for our ideas on how this money should be spent in the south of Cambridge. Projects should ‘mitigate the effect of the additional transport-related movements from new development’. The officers have come up with some ideas already:

steps and cycle channels from the Hills Road Bridge to the Guided Busway cycle route
a clean-up of signage on the ring road

They are asking us for more ideas, and will be coming to the next South Area Committee on 5th March (Cherry Hinton Village Centre).

So please let me have your ideas – come to the meeting too, if you can. We will post an agenda on this site nearer the time, so you can see where the discussion on transport plans is. If you’d like to join in the discussion, why not post a comment here?

Christmas Lights in Queen Edith’s next Tuesday

Amanda Taylor — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:07:25 +0000

Schools, churches, councils, the police and fire service are coming together next Tuesday to celebrate Christmas outside the Wulfstan Way shops in Queen Edith’s.

There will be children’s craft activities (under 5s) from 5.30, then the Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Ian Nimmo-Smith, will switch on the Christmas lights at 6 p.m. Next comes a community carol-singing, with special performances by the choirs of St James’s, St John’s and the Queen Edith Primary School.

It is hoped Father Christmas will come to join the fun.

See you there: 6 o’clock on the 6th!

Click here to download a programme.WWXmas2011

Mowbray Road drains

Amanda Taylor — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:58:41 +0000

George noticed that when it was raining the other day, the cyclists were riding in the middle of Mowbray Road. Taking a closer look, he found that the rainwater was not being absorbed by the sewerage system, causing the cycleways to be under water.

George reported the problem to the Council’s Customer Support and the drains people were soon at work clearing the blockages from the system. The drain cleaning crew have said that two of the drains between 9 and 25 Mowbray Road are still very bad due to the fact that tree roots have broken the drainpipes.

He is continuing to work on this to try to resolve the situation.

Tree trimming time in Mowbray Road

Amanda Taylor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:53:52 +0000

Tree trimming time

On the 13th of July the work to trim the trees in Mowbray Road began.

The long awaited trimming of these trees was welcomed by the local residents with whom I had a number of meetings beforehand. They were able to expresses their wishes as to what they wanted done with the trees and the Council confirmed what is and what is not doable.

The work should finish within this week.