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Friends of Midsummer Common 2012 AGM
Given its heavy use by cyclists and pedestrians this path across the common is a little narrow. On March the 14th 2012 I attended the Friends of Midsummer Common’s Annual General Meeting. I am not a member of the group, but the meeting was open to the public. It was advertised in the Cambridge News […]
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Cambridge City Council Omitting Fire Hydrants from New Developments
The nearest hydrant to the 1920s built house I live in is just ~30m away. There are hydrants every ~100m or so throughout the area. On Saturday the 3rd of March 2012 I received an email from Cambridge City Council’s executive councillor for planning, Liberal Democrat Tim Ward, stating: …hydrants are a nice-to-have feature but […]
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LibDems to Consider Regime To Limit Freedom of Movement in Cambridge
View Larger Map Later today Cambridge’s West Central Area Committee will consider a proposal from Cambridgeshire Police to introduce a “dispersal zone” under S30 of New Labour’s Antisocial Behaviour Act into part of the city centre. If approved PCSOs would be able to order two or more people to separate, and/or leave the area, if […]
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PCSOs Lack Powers to Enforce 20mph Limits
Prominent 20 mph signage, and traffic slowing pinch point, in Saffron Walden It was well after midnight when Cambridge City Council’s Full Council, which had started on Thursday the 23rd of February 2011, reached a motion on enforcement of 20mph speed limits in the city. The motion was proposed by Cllr Tim Bick, who is […]
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Arbury Triangle Meeting February 2012
222 Victoria Road, Hostel, Cambridge On Wednesday the 22nd of February 2012 I attended a public “triangle” meeting held in St Luke’s Church, Arbury, Cambridge. The three sides of the “triangle”, made up of the management of the hostel at 222 Victoria Road, the police, and councillors, met in public, with local residents. As well […]
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No Free Market in Cambridge
Cambridge Market At Cambridge City Council’s West / Central Area Committee on the 5th of January 2012 a member of the public, Edward Kerns, who claimed to be representing Christ’s Pieces Residents Association made a number of contributions related to Cambridge’s Market. Firstly he passed on complaints from market stall-holders about the Made It Market […]
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Properties to be Prosecuted Over Parking and Driving on Midsummer Common
Cllr Cantrill’s Windmill and Gate on Midsummer Common The ongoing saga of disputes over parking and vehicular access to Midsummer Common in Cambridge took a bizarre turn at the West Central Area Committee on the 5th of January 2012. Cllr Rodrick Cantrill announced the council’s intention to prosecute two buildings on the common: the Fort […]
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Cambridge Community Safety Partnership December 2011
I observed the Cambridge Community Safety Partnership meeting on the 14th of December 2011. Priorities On of the key roles of the Community Safety Partnership is set the city wide crime and policing priorities for the City of Cambridge. The group came under criticism last year for carrying out this key role in secret, via […]