Comments on: June 2008 North Area Committee - Cambridge http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html Cambridge, United Kingdom. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:23:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-81 Richard Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:17:59 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html#comment-81 I have just remembered another amusing episode which occurred at this meeting. In response to a question from a member of the public (not me) on CCTV councillors commented on the text the CCTV service, councillors all agreed the number was "memorable" but none could confidently quote it. It's 62288 - MCCTV I have just remembered another amusing episode which occurred at this meeting. In response to a question from a member of the public (not me) on CCTV councillors commented on the text the CCTV service, councillors all agreed the number was “memorable” but none could confidently quote it.

It’s 62288 - MCCTV

]]> By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-35 Richard Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:42:24 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html#comment-35 Mike Todd Jones sent me a clarification with respect to his absence for the planning matters: "I couldn't get there for 6.30 pm but actually thought I'd only miss the global warming/environment presentation. I brought a statement about not voting on planning matters but as I'd missed the planning items I didn't think there was much point in distributing it for the remainder of the meeting. Assuming planning items will be taken at 6.30 at the next NAC, I'll bring copies of my statement and distribute them prior to the start of the meeting." Mike Todd Jones sent me a clarification with respect to his absence for the planning matters:
“I couldn’t get there for 6.30 pm but actually thought I’d only miss the global warming/environment presentation. I brought a statement about not voting on planning matters but as I’d missed the planning items I didn’t think there was much point in distributing it for the remainder of the meeting. Assuming planning items will be taken at 6.30 at the next NAC, I’ll bring copies of my statement and distribute them prior to the start of the meeting.”

]]> By: Nick Warren http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-29 Nick Warren Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:45:56 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/june-2008-north-area-committee-cambridge.html#comment-29 Nice (quick!!) update on the happenings last night...I selfishly left after the Arbury Park section - sorry! There was lots more that I could have commented on last night, but didn't because for John Pym and Gallagher these are issues they already know about. One of those issues was the road widths - ironically, I think the road widths are absolutely fine...the issue is people incorrectly parking on them. The plan for Arbury Park was to 'manage' parking and not 'encourage' it, but unfortunately, they seem to have woefully uderestimated the number of cars per household (some of the 'buy-to-let' properties have five or six cars!!), the result being that many houses have insufficient allocated parking spaces, resulting in cars flooding out on to the road sides. I understand that some of the covenants (including the Wimpey homes with access through to the commercial space discussed last night) do not allow parking on the main roads, and this is why they can be difficult to navigate - the roads are wide enough if there are no cars parked along them. So technically this isn't a County Council issue, although it may well be most effective if they tackle the in appropriate parking with the home owners through each of the developers. At the end of July, it is hoped that the Citi 4 bus will be allowed back on to Arbury Park, but it will struggle to navigate some of the roads, including Chieftain Way and Topper Street - again this will be a test of the resolve of the authorities to tackle the civil breaches of the parking covenants - until the roads are adopted (2009-2010) it can't be enforced by parking tickets! I hope this is useful - I run a (hopefully!!) very useful web site called Inside Arbury Park (www.insidearburypark.net) with all sorts of information available plus forums and blogs (well one at the moment!!) - I'm always happy to respond to questions about Arbury Park on here and would love it to become the one stop shop for info about the new development! Nice (quick!!) update on the happenings last night…I selfishly left after the Arbury Park section - sorry! There was lots more that I could have commented on last night, but didn’t because for John Pym and Gallagher these are issues they already know about. One of those issues was the road widths - ironically, I think the road widths are absolutely fine…the issue is people incorrectly parking on them. The plan for Arbury Park was to ‘manage’ parking and not ‘encourage’ it, but unfortunately, they seem to have woefully uderestimated the number of cars per household (some of the ‘buy-to-let’ properties have five or six cars!!), the result being that many houses have insufficient allocated parking spaces, resulting in cars flooding out on to the road sides. I understand that some of the covenants (including the Wimpey homes with access through to the commercial space discussed last night) do not allow parking on the main roads, and this is why they can be difficult to navigate - the roads are wide enough if there are no cars parked along them. So technically this isn’t a County Council issue, although it may well be most effective if they tackle the in appropriate parking with the home owners through each of the developers.

At the end of July, it is hoped that the Citi 4 bus will be allowed back on to Arbury Park, but it will struggle to navigate some of the roads, including Chieftain Way and Topper Street - again this will be a test of the resolve of the authorities to tackle the civil breaches of the parking covenants - until the roads are adopted (2009-2010) it can’t be enforced by parking tickets!

I hope this is useful - I run a (hopefully!!) very useful web site called Inside Arbury Park (www.insidearburypark.net) with all sorts of information available plus forums and blogs (well one at the moment!!) - I’m always happy to respond to questions about Arbury Park on here and would love it to become the one stop shop for info about the new development!

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