Cambridge Association of Architects Gazette, Spring/Summer 2016 article on Milton Road by Kieran Perkins.
This article talks about urban design and ideas for Milton Road. You can view this article on pages 14-15
from their website https://issuu.com/ribacaa/docs/ca71, or you can download the pdf here Download PDF
Thursday 28 April 2016 7-9pm Chesterton Community College, CB4 3NY
In preparation for the Local Government Elections on 5 May, along with Hurst Park Estate Residents’
Association (HPERA) and the Friends of Mitcham’s Corner (FMC), we invited all 15 candidates standing in
Kings Hedges, West Chesterton and East Chesterton to a public meeting to hear their views on the Greater
Cambridge City Deal proposals for Milton Road and the impact on the surrounding area.
A 90 second presentation by each candidate to state their main priorities if elected
Prepared questions on City Deal issues, based on their responses to a questionnaire recently sent out
by HPERA. Written answers can be found here on the HPERA website.
Smarter Cambridge Transport have come up with a proposal which does not require bus lanes to deal with
congestion, but focuses on parking controls in Cambridge. www.smartertransport.uk/street-parking
They have suggested a 6-month experimental city-wide residents parking scheme, with options for locals to
choose how it would work in their area. This could be a valuable way of measuring the impact of such a
scheme not only on free commuter parking in our neighbourhoods, but on congestion generally (which could
argue against bus lanes).
We have the local elections coming up in May, so if you support this approach, please write to your local
City and County Councillors and let them know. Find their contact details on our 'Who Can I Contact' page
You can read our response by visiting the Our
Response section of the website.
We have also handed in the petition, as described in this Cambridge News article, so that it could be taken into consideration for the
first stage of the consultation process. However, we are still collecting signatures and the petition is
still open.
Chesterton Community College Thursday 4th February 2016, 6pm
Thank you to everyone who came to the meeting to ask questions, there was a full house with every seat
taken and many people having to stand at the back and along the sides.
If you haven't signed one of our paper petitions yet, you can sign our online petition instead! We have
created an online petition on change.org which can be quickly and easily signed online.
Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting on Thursday. If you missed the meeting, you can still watch
the presentations on Youtube, filmed by Antony Carpen by clicking the following links:
Although the opportunity to put forward your views in response to the The 'Call for Evidence' sessions (as
part of the Cambridge Access Study) has now closed, the presentations are still available to view. So
before you complete your questionnaires and send your replies to the Milton Road Consultation, please
consider the ‘call for Evidence’ hearings. For a summary of the ideas, please see the ‘Notes of the Call
for Evidence Sessions’ under ‘Evidence Session’, including the power point presentations, via the
following link: http://www.gccitydeal.co.uk/citydeal/info/2/transport/1/transport/10
If the congestion situation in Cambridge can be improved, there will be no need to expand the bus lanes.
We do not want to transform our beautiful tree-lined streets into ugly concrete highways, or divert more
traffic through the small residential side roads.