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Residents’ Parking Scheme: what we now know (and still don’t) We have been asked if we could write a short piece, in plain English, about where we are on the Residents’ Parking Scheme. Here goes ….. two versions – a simpler and a more complicated one. Simpler version_______________ 1. The Residents’ Parking Scheme is going …

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Much has been happening over the summer that will have significant impacts on Arbury Road East. Decisions about whether a new zebra crossing will provided, under the Local Highways Improvement Programme (LHIP), and about the implementation of the Milton Road Area Residents Park Scheme, are imminent. These decisions will be made at two meetings of …

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You may have noticed the traffic counting equipment that has been installed outside the North Cambridge Academy. We have put in a request to the County Council’s Highways Department asking what the purpose of this data collection is and how any data collected will be used. If and when we get a reply, we will …

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The summary report by the County Council’s Highways Officer who examined the feasibility of the proposed new zebra crossing for Arbury Road east has been released as an agenda paper for the Council meeting which will decide whether it should go ahead. This meeting will now be held on the 25th of July. Applications for …

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By Cait Findlay – Cambridge News Senior Reporter The proposals would see residents’ parking bays on one side of the Arbury Road and double yellow lines on the other A group of Cambridge neighbours have described plans to introduce parking measures in their area as ‘divisive’. Members of the Arbury Road East Residents’ Association (ARERA) …

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Residents and businesses on Arbury Road East – and its tributaries – need to be aware of what is imminently about to happen in the implementation of permit-based ‘Residents Parking’ on our road. Adoption of this has been progressing very slowly through a very bureaucratic process. This process is about to reach a critical point – the …

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As the Cambridge Independent reported in August, 2021: “Arbury Road in Cambridge is congested, polluted, and dangerous, say residents supporting plans to restrict through traffic.” ‘Congestion in Arbury Road must be tackled’ say residents as debate on closure to motor vehicles growscambridgeindependent.co.uk

Arbury Road East Residents Association has, as two of its primary objectives, improving pedestrian and cyclist safety on the eastern end of Arbury Road (between Arbury Court play area and the Milton Road traffic lights). As one way of achieving this, ARERA’s committee has explored local support for a new pedestrian crossing on Arbury Road …

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The Greater Cambridge Partnership has just released a set of FAQs about the residents’ parking schemes that it is introducing. The FAQs appear to be generic. And so it is likely that the answers given will also apply to us if/when we get included in the Hurst Park Estate residents’ parking scheme. The questions are …

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A ‘pre-emptive GCP strike’ on parking review The Arbury Road East Residents’ Association has expressed concern about the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP) use of the consultations on the Milton Road parking schemes to launch a pre-emptive strike to strip Arbury Road East of its parking and turn the whole of Arbury Road into a de …

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