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  • Bus Stops and Crossings for Milton Road

    I'm at the @GreaterCambs Milton Road bus lane and crossings workshop. Filming and photography is banned inside so I won't be live tweeting. pic.twitter.com/6XxgpY8GCS — Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) September 19, 2017 On Tuesday the 19th of September 2017 the Greater Cambridge Partnership, the organisation responsible for allocating the City Deal investment in Cambridge held a […]

  • Lack of Traffic Light Synchronisation on Madingley Road, Cambridge

    Fifty-two reports have now been made to Cambridgeshire County Council about queues caused by the new traffic lights at the Eddington Avenue junction on Madingley Road in Cambridge, the latest being from the 4th of October 2017. People are continuing to make reports even though they are aware the issue has been logged. I have […]

  • Discussing New Trees for Milton Road

    The Greater Cambridge Partnership, the organisation responsible for the “City Deal” investment in Cambridge, are to hold a private workshop event to discuss Milton Road’s trees on Tuesday 3rd October, 6pm-8pm at Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, CB4 3NY. I have been invited after volunteering to attend as a local resident and reporter when people […]

  • Cllr Elisa Meschini Offered an Enormous Amount of Public Money to Take Home

    Playing the video will take you to Meschini’s speech On the 18th of July 2017 my Cambridgeshire County Councillor, Elisa Meschini (Labour?, King’s Hedges) spoke against proposals to increase the amount of public money councillors personally take home saying: I can’t see what this amendment will achieve other than the fact it will give us […]

  • Community Meeting – Garden Walk Supported Housing

    A “community meeting” was held on the 23rd of August 2017 to discuss the impact of the behaviour of some those living in supported housing at 38-44 Garden Walk in Cambridge on other residents in the area. A couple of residents asked me to attend as problems had been raised, but not addressed, over a […]

  • Urging Councillors to Make the Remodelled Milton Road Even Safer

    New @GreaterCambs plans for Milton Road. https://t.co/h2Vb3eAx4K pic.twitter.com/TzCBvd2zj5 — Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) July 7, 2017 In January 2015 councillors remodelling Milton Road their top priority for spending under the Greater Cambridge City Deal investment and allocated £23.04m to the project. Now, over two years on a “final concept” design for the remodelling is due to […]

  • Cambridge Criminals Carrying Acid and Ammonia Say Police

    Chief Inspector Paul Ormerod of Cambridgeshire Police told Cambridge’s Community Safety Partnership on the 18th of July 2017 that criminals in Cambridge have been carrying bottles of acid and ammonia. The Chief Inspector said: What we found is actually it’s not just knives that are being carried. We have had issues over the past year […]

  • Tables and Chairs on the Highway Outside Cambridge Guildhall

    There's a current consultation on renewing this cafe's permission to put chairs and tables on the highway. Look at A board locations. pic.twitter.com/8TOq6wEQIx — Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) July 15, 2017 I have just made the following consultation response to Cambridgeshire County Council. As there doesn’t appear to be an online system for these consultations which […]

  • Urging Greater Cambridge Partnership to Better Consider Safety of Schemes and Take Significant Decisions at Board Meetings

    My Qs to @GreaterCambs Assembly urge using safety audits to inform transport decisions & making big decisions at, not between, board mtngs. pic.twitter.com/oZ4fPHZwwT — Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) July 13, 2017 I have submitted the following public questions to the 19 July Greater Cambridge Partnership Assembly: Would the assembly please consider recommending that the safety assessments […]

  • Chisholm Trail and New Bridge Forum – July 2017

    Using the opportunity for the public to ask questions at the Chisholm Trail and New Bridge Greater Cambridge Partnership Forum 12 July 2017 I: Got a commitment from the Greater Cambridge Partnership to consider formally permitting cycling on the new “Chisholm Trail” paths across Coldhams Common and Ditton Meadows. (Currently the plans are for the […]