Brunswick & North Kite Residents Association
Raising your concerns and looking after your interests
No policing of 20mph speed limit?
The Saturday Cambridge News front page headline announced that the police would not enforce the new limit.
This article was based on proceedings at the Council Area Committee on August 26th where councillors failed to set a policing priority of enforcing the new limit despite having the opportunity to do so. Local blogger Richard Taylor has published an excellent article on proceedings at the meeting.
On 1st September, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire interviewed our County councillor Sarah Whitebread about the issue. We are delighted that she has taken up this issue.
We have just heard that the Park & Ride Operations Manager of Cambridgeshire County Council has said that a team will be monitoring Park and Ride buses and that Andy Campbell the MD of Stagecoach, who was also at a recent Love Cambridge meeting, advised that offenders will be penalised. We hope that this includes all buses, not just P&R ones.
20mph speed limit trial
Finally (August 13th) the new 20mph speed limit is now in force in Maids Causeway and Newmarket Road West, along with the outlying streets as part of the new city centre trial. We are of course delighted that the speed limit has been reduced, albeit on a trial basis, and look forward to seeing real speed reductions on the major roads in the city. However driver awareness and compliance does not look good so far, but we shall see. For more information, the Cambridge News has
a report and the Highway Authority has a
webpage. The 20's Plenty for Us campaign has some
useful information. Police officers hope the Speedwatch scheme, which is already actively supported in many Cambridgeshire villages, will be taken up with gusto in the city says the
Cambridge First newspaper.
Tree planting
Replacement trees on Midsummer Common are now expected before winter after a Tree Seminar was held on the 2nd July. Replacements for felled trees will now be considered as part of a new planting program which will be subject to further public consultation.
A
special meeting will take place on the 23rd September to discuss tree planting on Jesus Green and Midsummer Common.
Strawberry Fair and Midsummer Common
Strawberry Fair was not held this year due to licensing problems. An alternative event passed off without too many problems. Next year's event looks to be going ahead. The council have put up notices prohibiting camping and fires, so any bonfires, barbecues or camping on the common should be reported to the City Council enforcement team on 01223 457000 (or 457457 after 6pm and at the weekend).
Community Orchard
The
conservation plan for Midsummer Common proposed a community orchard. This has been championed by the
Friends of Midsummer Common. The first batch of trees have now been planted, and work continues to improve the orchard area. Many thanks to Barry Higgs, secretary of FoMC for organising the recent picnic.
Council Area Committee Meetings
The next meeting will be on the 28th October, see the
list of committee meetings
Contact us
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