- Please vote on this proposal – A new zebra crossing for Arbury Road East?Your residents’ association is seeking to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety on the eastern end of Arbury Road (between Arbury Court play area and the Milton Road traffic lights). We are currently exploring local support for a new pedestrian crossing on Arbury Road East. This could be funded out of the County Council’s Local …
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- (no title)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 …
- Letter in the Cambridge Independent : A ‘pre-emptive GCP strike’ on parking reviewA ‘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 …
- Cambridge News:Residents fear Arbury Road to turn into ‘urban clearway’ as street parking to be scrappedCambridge News:The Greater Cambridge Partnership project has called the project the “GCP Resident Parking Scheme”. Plans to remove current free on-street parking spaces have incensed some residents on Arbury Road, who argue that under current proposals, residents would face a long walk to get to their cars. In the attached plan for the Greater Cambridge …
- ACT NOW!GCP Plans to turn Arbury Road into an Urban Clearway! Many residents and shopkeepers in Arbury Road east supported the idea of joining a residents’ parking scheme with the Milton Road, Hurst Park Ave and Leys Road areas when they were asked for their views by local councillors this summer.It was therefore a shock to …
- Does your house shake?Cars being forced off the road by articulated lorries unable to turn safely at the Milton Road junction Speeding lorries and the poor condition of Arbury Road has resulted in many of you experiencing disturbing structural vibrations in your homes, particularly in the early hours of the morning. Have you experienced this? Are you worried …
- Modal filter debate on Cambridge 105 RadioEarlier this month, Cambridge 105 Radio hosted an interview programme with several members of the local community expressing views both for and against a modal filter. In the programme, Councillor Scutt (representative for Arbury) stated her “number one” solution for Arbury Road (and climate change) would be to apply for more trees (but strangely not …
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- Our shops need a lay-byAs you are probably aware, our row of excellent independent shops on Arbury Road (near the Milton road junction) are in desperate need of a lay-by for deliveries and their customers alike. Shops on Milton Road have lay-bys but the problem here has been ignored by the council for years. Our local shops have continued …
- ARERA presses local Councillors and police on Speeding on Arbury RoadAt the North Area Committee Meeting on the 15th March ARERA presented data on Speeding Data from a County Council Speed Camera which was installed on Arbury Road clearly shows that for a two-week measured period maximum traffic speed is consistently twice the speed limit e.g. 40mph instead of the 20mph limit. There are also …
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- ARERA asks the GCP when the cycle lane will be completedThe following question was asked at the Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive meeting on 17th March 2021 In relation to Agenda Item 7, City Access Strategy Recommendations, Part (b) ‘Agree to prioritise road space for sustainable transport and make it a more competitive choice, by discouraging car use through..’ It is very encouraging to see all …
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