Richard Taylor

Shapour Meftah, conservative candidate for Arbury at the City Council Elections posted a leaflet to my house today, and as he was still on the street by the time I’d read it I went out to ask him some questions. I started with asking why he wants to scrap the “expensive area committee meetings”, […]

I made some comments on the Northstowe Outline Planning Application before the 30 March 2008 deadline.
On the Transport Assessment:
Section 5.6.7 : “Journey times are predicted to be approximately 20 minutes … The proposals include on-street running in Huntingdon and Cambridge with the on street sections having appropriate bus priority measures. ”
I am concerned that […]

Mr Beaumont (City Council CCTV Manager),
Could you please let me know why there are two re-deployable Closed Circuit Television (RCCTV) cameras in Martingale Close. I note that a least one local resident did not immediately realise what the objects were which had appeared on the lampposts.
This leads me to question:

Did the signs go up at […]

Rhodri James (Lib Dem Councillor for Arbury),
I have read your “Focus on Arbury” newsletter this evening within which in your section on the congestion charge you state:
“Lib Dem councillors have said they will not support the scheme unless residents pay much less than people driving into the City from outside.”
Yet you have written to me […]

I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee meeting on the 6th of March 2008. The official minutes won’t be published for many weeks and judging by past experience they’ll miss out the interesting bits. So here’s my recollection:
Councillor Nimmo-Smith updated the meeting on his discussions with Anglia Water, The Environment Agency, South Cambridgeshire District […]