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GCP Bulletin - July 2019
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Welcome to the summer edition of the Greater Cambridge Partnership's quarterly newsletter.
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GCP to draw up plans to transform public transport in Greater Cambridge
Plans to cut congestion, transform public transport and improve air quality will be drawn up following a decision by the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Executive Board.
More than 5,000 people responded to the GCP’s Choices for Better Journeys campaign, with 82% supporting the GCP’s vision to transform public transport and 81% choosing a traffic-reducing measure as their first choice for slashing congestion and funding better public transport services.
The GCP will now draw up plans to transform how buses serve Cambridge and the surrounding villages – and how to reduce congestion to ensure these services can run smoothly.
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New Chair of the GCP Executive Board
Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer was elected the new Chair of the Greater Cambridge Partnership at June's Executive Board meeting.
Cllr Ian Bates will remain as the GCP's Vice Chair for 2019/20.
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Citizens' Assembly
Residents and commuters are being invited to get involved in a Citizens’ Assembly – the next step on the journey to transforming public transport, cutting congestion and improving air quality in Greater Cambridge.
The Citizens’ Assembly follows the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Choices for Better Journeys campaign to which the vast majority of respondents said they supported the GCP’s vision to upgrade public transport and options to reduce traffic.
This week, letters will arrive at homes selected at random from across Greater Cambridge and the travel to work area to invite them to apply to be part of the Assembly.
The 60-seat Assembly will be chosen through a ‘civic lottery’ process so that it fairly represents the population. A dedicated website has also been set up so anyone can put forward ideas about what evidence the Assembly should consider in the autumn.
The GCP’s Executive Board has agreed the principles by which a scheme will be developed and these proposals will be considered alongside recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly in December.
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New cycle lockers for Park & Ride sites
A total of 79 new cycle lockers will be installed across the Trumpington, Newmarket Road, Madingley Road, Babraham Road and Longstanton sites to make it easier for people to switch between cycling and the bus – helping to reduce congestion and improve air quality.
Love to Ride
The GCP has teamed up with Love to Ride to encourage more people to jump on their bikes to enjoy the benefits of cycling around Cambridge - Britain’s cycling city.
Cycling champions Love to Ride will run four cycle challenges on behalf of the GCP this year - including Bike Week, which concluded last week, and September's Cycle Challenge.
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New Cross City Cycling route opened
Cyclists will enjoy smoother and safer journeys following the opening of a new route along Green End Road to make it easier to cycle into the city.
Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer, Chair of the Greater Cambridge Partnership, cut the ribbon to mark a milestone in the Links to Cambridge North Station Cross City Cycling project last week.
It is one of five Cross City Cycling schemes funded and being delivered by the GCP to make it quicker, easier and safer for people to jump on to their bike to get around Cambridge.
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Arbury Road cycle-friendly lights
New cycle friendly traffic lights have been installed in Arbury Road.
The new ‘low level’ cycle traffic signals have been installed at the junction of Arbury Road and Campkin Road to allow cyclists to move off before other traffic.
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Cambridge South East Transport project
A public consultation on a new public transport route between the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and a new travel hub near the A11/A1307/A505 interchange is due to be held in the autumn.
The route, which could transition into the Cambridge Autonomous Metro in the future, would include stops at Great Shelford, Stapleford and Sawston, along with new walking, cycling and horse riding links.
The Executive Board approved the launch of a consultation at its June meeting.
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Sawston & Melbourn Greenways consultation
Proposals for new walking, cycling and equestrian routes to help people living in villages south of Cambridge get into the city are currently out to public consultation.
People are being invited to give their views on the Melbourn and Sawston routes as part of the Greater Cambridge Greenways network - 12 routes for cyclists, walkers and other users linking surrounding villages to the city. The consultation closes on 5 August.
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Whittlesford Masterplan consultation
There are less than two weeks left for people to have a say on proposals to improve access to and from Whittlesford Parkway station
The Greater Cambridge Partnership has put forward more than 30 possible improvements which aim to make it easier to access the station on foot, by bicycle, or by public transport.
The six-week consultation, which opened on 10 June, is asking for views on plans such as better car and cycle parking, introducing a bus turning circle and changes to surrounding roads to make it easier to get in and out of the station. It closes on 22 July.
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Chisholm Trail funding
The GCP has been awarded £500,000 Government funding from the Cycle Rail programme towards phase two of the Chisholm Trail to encourage more people to choose cycling as their way to get around the city.
The GCP held a ground-breaking ceremony for the £19m project in March and preparatory work is underway.
Phase one of the north-south trail, funded by GCP, and the Abbey Chesterton Bridge, which is funded by Cambridgeshire County Council, are expected to be completed in 2021.
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South West travel hub plans approved
Plans for a new travel hub to the west of M11 junction 11 have been approved by the GCP's Executive Board.
A public consultation found 71 per cent of respondents backed proposals for a new dedicated site rather than building a multi-storey car park at the current Trumpington Park & Ride site.
The new travel hub aims to intercept thousands of people who drive into the city from the M11 and will encourage more people to complete the ‘last mile’ into Cambridge or the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on foot, bicycle or public transport.
The scheme will now enter the planning application process.
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Cambourne to Cambridge
The GCP will hold two drop-in sessions so people can view proposed measures to protect the environment as part of plans to create a reliable public transport link between Cambourne and Cambridge.
Officers will be at Hardwick Primary School in Limes Road, Hardwick, tonight (11 July) between 5-8pm and on Saturday 13 July between 10.30am-1.30pm to discuss the project with residents and commuters.
The GCP published the findings of a public consultation on phase two of the project - with 48% of the 968 people who took part supporting an off-road route between Madingley Mulch and Bourn Airfield.
Scotland Farm (63%) was the preferred option for a new travel hub near the Madingley Mulch roundabout.
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