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Secrecy and Confusion as Cllr Cantrill Takes Responsibility for Midsummer Common and Jesus Green Tree Planting
Cambridge City Council has felled many trees from Midsummer Common; significant funds have been allocated for replacements. During the “open forum” of the 24th of June 2010 West Central Area committee where members of the public are able to question councillors I asked: Is there a date yet for the proposed meeting to discuss new […]
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No Councillors or Council Officers Turn Up for Public Meeting on Tree Strategy
This year a large number of trees have been felled by the City Council in Cambridge. There are no long term plans for tree planting on the city’s green spaces. On the evening of the first of October I turned up at Parkside Pools for a City Council public meeting to discuss the tree strategy […]
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Cllr Julie Smith Flailing in Efforts to Bring City Council Chainsaws Under Democratic Control
These two substantial trees at the junction of Newnham Road and Barton Road may be felled according to council plans. In April 2009 I was present at a West/Central area committee where Julie Smith, Cambridge City Council’s Executive Councillor for Arts and Recreation (a portfolio which includes the city’s green spaces) gave clear instructions to […]
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Cambridge City Council Plans to Fell Eighteen Trees on Lammas Land
Consultation documents relating to Cambridge City Council’s proposed tree works on Lammas Land reveal the two substantial trees near the junction of Newnham Road and Barton Road may be felled. Cambridge City Council has plans to conduct major tree works on Lammas Land; the area between the City Centre and Newnham bounded by the River […]
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Rare Outbreak of Common Sense as Cambridge City Council Shelves “Tree-Chess” Plans
Substantial plans for felling, transplanting and planting trees on Midsummer Common, Jesus Green and New Square were taken to Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 30th of April 2009. The plans involved: Playing chess with the trees on Jesus Green, moving them into straight lines. The felling of healthy trees on New Square […]
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Cycleway Sign Suggestion
Clare Rankin, David Bradford, I am writing to you as you are listed as “Walking and Cycling Development and Promotion Officers” on Cambridge City Council’s Website. I have noticed that on the Cambridge Cycle Campaign map (http://www.camcycle.org.uk/resources/citycentre/) recently sent to most houses in Cambridge it states it is acceptable to cycle through the bollards and […]
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Executive Councillor for Bins Speaks On Cambridge’s Bin Emptying Crisis
Emptying the bins is one of the most important things Cambridge City Council does. The council has an executive councillor for bins, that role is currently held by Cllr Peter Roberts (Labour, Abbey). A bonus allowance of £8,346 per year is offered to each executive councillor. Cambridge City Council has been missing bin collections and, […]
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Milton Road Remodelling Update – 4 September 2016
The Greater Cambridge City Deal board appear to be intending to make some initial decisions on proposals to remodel Milton Road within the first two weeks of September 2016. At a meeting of the City Deal board on the first of September the chair Cllr Herbert supported a proposal to appoint architects to develop new […]
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Richard Taylor Interviews Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright – Full Video and Transcript
On Friday the 14th of August 2015 I spoke to Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner at a “meet Graham Bright” event he held on Cambridge’s Market Square. I found the session very productive: I obtained a clear commitment from the Police and Crime Commissioner to return to Cambridge’s Area Committees, and to appear at those […]
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Asking Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright About Chief Constable Recruitment
On Friday the 14th of August I attended a “meet Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright” event on the Market Square in Cambridge. The event was held the morning after Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright announced Alec Wood as his preferred candidate for appointment as Cambridgeshire’s Chief Constable. I asked Police and Crime Commissioner […]