Around Queen Edith's

At the start of the 20th century, most of Queen Edith’s was countryside. The north-western corner around Rock Road was the only real built-up area. Over a hundred years later, much of the area is showing the strain of its vintage.

In this last of my five part series on the streets and transport, I’d like to bring you an update on where we are with the City Deal, because things have changed even since Monday. Thursday evening saw a meeting of the City Deal ‘Executive Board’, and the main item on the agenda was to decide on the next stage of the “A428 Cambourne to Cambridge Better Bus Journeys” scheme. Bear with me if you think this hasn’t got much to do with Queen Edith’s. As I mentioned before, they’ll be turning their attention to the A1307 Babraham Road soon, so forewarned is forearmed.

In a City with such skills, abilities and wealth at hand, a practical futuristic vision should be deliverable. Tim Moore explains.

Was there ever an initiative in Cambridge that united so many disparate groups of people against it, for so many different reasons?

Ever thought you’d like to see improvements to local streets, and said to yourself: “We’d chip in towards that ourselves if we had the chance”? Actually, you can.

Get ready for five daily blogs on transport this week, starting with this personal view of what the City Deal is trying to do. It’s not very encouraging so far. But see what you think.

The following information has been sent to me by local resident Ken Hart, a member of a long-established group called South Cambridgeshire Against Marshall’s (SCAM), who thought that an update on their activities might be of interest. Ken says: “Cambridge Airport recently boasted the completion and use of its second passenger terminal. The original passenger

I don’t think many people are aware of how much building and development is brewing in our area. Two events in the next fortnight will shed light on what’s happening.

Going out of the city, traffic will soon be invited to speed up just as it approaches Cherry Hinton Hall Park and the alleyway opposite, an area where children are frequently crossing.

In the latest example of “Quick ? there’s a space ? let’s build on it!”, competing parties have their eyes on the plaza in the centre of the Leisure Park. First out of the blocks, in the black corner, are the owners of the site, X-Leisure (themselves owned by Land Securities), who want to build a new restaurant building between the Travelodge and The Light Cinema.