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Busways and light rail – what’s already out there?
Back in August 2024 the Cambridge Connect Light Rail group sought ministerial support for feasibility study funding that *really* should have been provided by either the Greater Cambridge Partnership or the Combined Authority – but neither was forthcoming. It remains to be seen if the current review by the CPCA under Mayor Paul Bristow with…
The adult-education-shaped gap in the Government’s social cohesion policy
The Housing and Communities Secretary published his policy paper here You can: Why the omission of adult education and lifelong learning institutions? Maybe it reflects the long-term enfeebling of what was once a prominent feature in many towns and cities, many of which crumbled in the face of long term austerity that began under Margaret…
Councils publish draft responses on Cambridge Development Corporation proposals
Councillors on Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council will be debating their councils’ formal responses to the Government’s consultation later this month You can read the responses at: See also Cllr Katie Thornburrow’s blogpost at https://katiethornburrow.com/2026/03/lets-talk-about-the-greater-cambridge-development-corporation/ This sort of links to my earlier blogpost on the Mass Transit Study which BBC Radio Cambridgeshire…
The Cambridge Town Owl 