Roadworks: Main street and Cambridge Road footpath upgrade

The advance warning signs are up for the Main Street/Cambridge Road Footpath Upgrade.

Starting 8th March, the contractors expect it will take 10 weeks.

The work starts at Egremont Road Junction. You will see a Section 5 “To be

confirmed”. This is on hold while County Council work out the Greenways (Cycle path) options for the Portway. We will try to address concerns on line but please feel free to email the Parish Clerk

 

Dates:

Section

Location

Date

1

Working back from Egremont Road to opposite Kesters Close

09/03/21- 16/03/21

2

Working back from opposite Kesters Close to the Bin Brook Culvert by 8 Main Street

16/03/21 – 24/03/21

3A

Bend near St Mary’s Church

17/03/21 – 30/03/21

3

Bin Brook Culvert to approaching St Mary’s Church Bend

30/03/21 – 14/04/21

4

The Pastures to The Blue Lion

14/04/21 – 26/04/21

5*

Pastures to end of Village, south

TBC

6

Egremont Road to Limes Road

16/04/21 – 24/04/21

If you would like to see the drawing for the work, they are linked : 1 , 2 , 3, 4

May 2021 Local Elections

Dear residents,

Here is a link about what to expect for the next May 2021 Local elections in our region:

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/2021-local-elections-everything-you-19855211

 

C2C Busway – Independent Audit

Dear residents,

For information, Mr Phil Swann (Director Shared Intelligence) has been commissioned by the Greater Cambridge Partnership to manage an independent audit of the project.

His first step is to commission an independent transport expert to carry out the review. The expert’s first task will be to prepare a statement of the key constraints and assumptions which underpin the selection of the preferred route. He will publish the statement together with an invitation to local representative groups to submit representations to the audit on the constraints and assumptions.

In the meantime if local representative groups wish to ensure that previously submitted evidence is drawn to the attention of the transport expert, then please let Mr Swann know.

Mr Phil Swann can be contacted via e-mail at C2Caudit@sharedintelligence.net

For more information: https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/public-transport-schemes/cambourne-to-cambridge/cambourne-to-cambridge-independent-audit

For info: Voluntary groups vaccination information

Dear residents,
Please see information below pertaining to priority groups for vaccinations:

The NHS has now opened up access to the COVID vaccine to staff and volunteers from community groups currently directly working or having contact with people in the priority groups outlined here:
Priority Groups for Vaccination

  • those involved in the direct supply of food and other goods
  • those supporting older people and those with long term health issues
  • those supporting vulnerable children and young people
  • volunteer drivers involved in transporting people to vaccine appointments

We are working with the NHS on the identifying community groups to receive the COVID vaccine and will be your point of contact, if you believe your staff and/or volunteers meet the eligibility criteria please confirm and we will send you details of how to book appointments.

At this point there is no restriction on numbers of vaccinations available, with plenty of appointments available this week, so we urge you to respond immediately.

If you fit within the above, please contact the Parish Council through the Clerk.

Hardwick Sites survey for Greater Cambridge Local Plan (closes 14th February)

 

Update 15/02/2021: This survey is closed now. Many thanks to all residents who contributed. The feedback will be consolidated and sent to Greater Cambridge.

Dear residents,

The Parish Council would like to give the opportunity to residents to provide any comments/feedback on the 5 sites submitted to the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, through the form below. These will then be collated, consolidated (where possible) and then submitted through the online survey form, which the Parish Council has access to.

Please use the form below to provide your feedback/comments/inputs – Deadline is 14th of February

UPDATE: Roadworks – M11 junction 11, Mill Bridge: bridge maintenance

Update from Highways England: M11 junction 11 Mill Bridge: bridge maintenance

https://highwaysengland.co.uk/

Due to weather conditions, we now plan to complete this work with following closures for each phase, as detailed below:

Phase 1: M11 Mill bridge, north bridge closure, starting  8pm Friday 22 January to 6am Monday 25 January

  • Traffic on the A10 / Cambridge Road will be diverted via the A505 at Royston, before joining the A1301 to head towards Trumpington.
  • Traffic from the A10 wanting to travel on the M11 southbound at junction 11, will be diverted northbound on the M11 to junction 12, A603 roundabout before returning southbound on the M11 to continue your journey.
  • Traffic wanting to leave the M11 for Cambridge will stay on the M11 to junction 12, A603 roundabout before re-joining the M11 southbound to exit at junction 11 to join the A1309 / Hauxton Road.

Phase 2: M11 Mill bridge, south bridge closure, starting 8pm Friday 29 January to 6am Monday 1 February

  • Traffic on the A1309 / Hauxton Road wishing to join the A10 will be diverted via the A1301, A505 westbound before joining the A10 at Royston.
  • Traffic from the A1309 / Hauxton Road wishing travel northbound on the M11 will be diverted southbound to junction 10 to turn around and continue their journey northbound.
  • Traffic wanting to leave the M11 for the A10 southbound from Trumptington will be diverted via the M11 junction 10 and return northbound to exit at junction 11 onto the A10.

Vaccine Hub – Urgent request for volunteer support

Message below from Cambridgeshire Council:

Due to the large number of Vaccine Hubs, urgent support is required at 1 of our testing hubs within the region.

The roles range from queue management, registration assistant (welcoming people to the testing site), test operative (actually processing the testing sample, in full PPE, training provided), result logger (logs result), evaluation (asks people why they’ve come, would they come again) and general role (would include cleaning).

Fen Road, Cambridge
The test site is open Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st 10- 6pm.  Staff would be expected to arrive by 9.15/9.30 latest.  The last test is 5.30pm, so we would hope staff could finish by 6.15-6.30.

If you are in a position where you can help support the testing hub, please contact Nikitta Vanterpool – Nikitta.vanterpool@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Greater Cambridge Local Plan – site information (update)

Update 18/01/2021

Dear residents,

The Parish Council received an update about the above, from The Greater Cambridge Local Plan team, as per below:

“As you are aware, over 650 sites were submitted to us through the ‘Call for Sites’ for consideration as part of developing the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan.

The  sites submitted are currently being assessed by officers against a rigorous methodology, as part of the Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment. We gather topical information about the sites from sources including the Environment Agency, Natural England, the local highways authority, the Councils’ Environmental Health teams, Historic England and other bodies.

We would now like to give you the opportunity to supplement our information gathering with any knowledge you may hold about any of the submitted sites in your Parish or area covered by your Association.

It is not compulsory in any way to provide this additional information at this point in time and you may wish to wait to read and comment on our assessments at the next stage of plan-making, when we will present our proposed list of sites to take forward through the Local Plan.

….the survey is only open to Parish Councils and Residents Associations…to be completed by 5pm on 1 March 2021”

If you have any comments, queries about the above, please contact the Clerk.

Hardwick Community Centre Working Group update

Dear Village Resident,

It seems to have been a long time since our last update to residents about the new Community Centre but throughout the pandemic the work has been progressing and we are now at a point where we can ask the architects to seek planning permission for the project.

We have had several Zoom meetings with the architects to adapt and refine the plans displayed at our last public meeting. See the latest plans of the proposed building and a few key things that have happened since our last public meeting and display are represented below. An elevation of this drawing will be available in a few weeks and will be circulated later.

  • The building has now been sited between the Sports and Social Club and the play area taking up the majority of the footprint of the existing hard tennis court area. The building has been orientated so the cafe will also have potential outdoor seating with views across to the play park.
  • Total expected build cost will be approximately £1.13 million which will include changes to access points, landscaping and extra parking.
  • S106 monies from the two major developments in the village will cover the cost and will be coming on stream in sections as and when the new houses are sold. This is expected to be completed by the end of 2022 with all monies released to the Parish Council, by that time, to cover the cost of the new building.
  • An extra £30,000 has been added to the build costs to provide match officials (football and cricket) with changing facilities attached to, and with access to, the new Community Centre.
  • Various room size options have been included to increase the variety of activities The Community Centre can cater for.
  • There is still an opportunity for us to make minor changes to the internal layout of the building so if you have any ideas there is still time to send them to us for consideration.

As a group we are also pursuing ways to make The Community Centre as eco-friendly as possible and are looking for grants towards helping to achieve this goal.

We look forward to hearing your views and opinions which can be sent to: Alan.west10@btinternet.com

Can we also take this time to wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Covid-free New Year.

With best wishes

HCCWG

See latest plans for the proposed building