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GCP newsletter - October 2018
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Welcome to the first monthly bulletin from the Greater Cambridge Partnership! Scroll down for updates on the GCP's projects, events and public consultations or use the menu to skip straight to the news and projects in your area.
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 Joint Assembly & Executive Board
The Joint Assembly met on 20 September at South Cambridgeshire Hall in Cambourne. You can watch the meeting, which was broadcast live on Facebook, back on our YouTube
channel. The Executive Board meets at 4pm on 11 October at South Cambridgeshire Hall.
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CPIER report
The
Cambridge & Peterborough Independent Economic Review was published last month and highlights the pivotal role Greater Cambridge needs to continue to
play in economic growth. Read the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s full response
on our website.
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 Shape Your City
Almost 50 students from across the region attended a ‘hackathon’ on Saturday to
develop new ideas for improving the city’s public spaces. Shape Your
City was hosted by Cambridge City Council and the GCP to explore ideas on how to improve
urban spaces for future generations. Students visited key public spaces in Cambridge where they
worked in teams to come up with ideas on how they would change the space to
meet future needs, followed by presentations to a judging panel of councillors. Some of the students' ideas included underground bike parking, 'punt pots' for displaying plants and a revamped Market Square.
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New electric chargers for taxies
A
total of six new rapid electric vehicle chargers part-funded by the Greater
Cambridge Partnership and Cambridge City Council for taxis have recently been
installed at Adam and Eve, Arbury Court and Castle Hill car parks. A
total of 20 chargers will be installed by 2020.
 Cargo Carnival fun
The
Greater Cambridge Partnership supported the Cargo Carnival in Cambridge last month. The event, which is organised by CamCycle to celebrate the much-loved
cargo bike, saw a parade of bikes weaving through the centre of the city on 22
September.
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 Milton Road consultation launched
A
public consultation on plans to improve public transport, cycling and
walking journeys along Milton Road is ongoing. The £16m project includes the
introduction of inbound and outbound bus lanes, ‘floating bus stops’, and segregated
walking and cycling lanes. For more
information about the plans, public events and to have your say on the
proposals, visit out online engagement platform, Consult Cambs. The consultation closes on 29 October.
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Work begins on cycling 'quick wins'
Work
to improve walking and cycling lanes in Fen Road and Milton Road began this
week as part of a
£4.6m package of ‘quick wins’. The work is expected to be completed by the winter.
 M11 Park & Ride
The Executive Board will be asked to approve the launch of a public
consultation on proposals to provide additional park and ride capacity near
Junction 11 of the M11. The two options are to further extend the Trumpington Road P&R
or to create a new P&R site close to junction 11 of the M11.
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Waterbeach Greenway
A
public consultation on the Waterbeach Greenway – part of a network of 12
high-quality walking, cycling and equestrian routes linking surrounding
villages and towns to the city – is due to begin this autumn. Further
information and dates will be released soon.
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Cambridge South East Transport Study
The public’s views on proposals to improve public transport to the south east of Cambridge will be presented to the Executive Board on 11 October. A £14m package of ‘quick wins’ (phase one) to improve road safety and bus journeys along the A1307 by 2020 was approved in July. Three long-term strategies were put forward in the consultation for phase two. Strategy one – a new segregated mass rapid transit route from the A11 to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and a new park-and-ride site near the A11/A505 – received the most public support (64 percent).
 Sawston cycle path upgraded
A cycle path in Sawston has been upgraded as part of a £4.6m package of ‘quick
wins’. Work
to widen and resurface part of an off-road route between Stapleford and Sawston
was completed in September. The rest of the
path, which runs between the two villages, will be upgraded by the winter. A stretch of a deteriorating path outside Sawston Village
College was also resurfaced.
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GCP at South Area Committee
The
Greater Cambridge Partnership presented its plans to reduce congestion and
improve public transport, cycling and walking journeys in the south of the city
at the City’s South Area Committee at St John the Evangelist Church in Hills
Road on 10 September.
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 GCP supports B2B event
The
GCP spoke to more than 100 businesses about the opportunities and challenges
they face in Greater Cambridge at the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce’s B2B
Exhibition. Chief Executive Rachel Stopard and Dan Clarke from
Connecting Cambridge were among the keynote speakers at the event, which was
supported by the GCP.
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Fulbourn Greenway
A
public consultation on the Fulbourn Greenway – part of a network of 12
high-quality walking, cycling and equestrian routes linking surrounding
villages and towns to the city – is due to begin this autumn. Further
information and dates will be released soon.
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 Comberton, Barton & Haslingfield Greenways
A
public consultation on the Comberton Greenway – one of 12 proposed high-quality walking, cycling and equestrian routes linking surrounding
villages to the city – is due to begin this autumn. Further
information will be released soon. A six-week consultation on
the Barton and Haslingfield routes closed earlier this month.
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Cambourne to Cambridge project
A decision on the GCP’s Cambourne to Cambridge public transport scheme has been deferred until the winter cycle of Joint Assembly and Executive Board meetings. This is to allow for the completion of detailed technical work by the Combined Authority’s consultants, aimed at ensuring the scheme meets alignment requirements with the CAM network proposals and other criteria. Members of the GCP are due to meet with Mayor Palmer this month to find out the outcome of the CA's review.
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- Milton Rd consultation event - All Saints Church, Church Lane - 9 October @ 4pm
- GCP Executive Board - South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne - 11 October @ 4pm
- Milton Rd consultation event - St George's Church, Chesterfield Rd - 23 October @ 5pm
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