Some of you may have seen the glowing headlines about Cambridge Station’s redevelopment in the headlines today. But behind the headlines is a controversial story that still stirs up strong emotions in some residential communities – and those stories are part of our city’s history just as much as they provide lessons learnt for theContinue reading “As Centre for Cities praises Cambridge Station’s redevelopment, we should remember the full story”
Author Archives: Cambridge Town Owl
The implosion of social
From the personal to the public policy perspective, on how conversational and interactive social media covering both local news and interesting topics seems to have been replaced by zombified AI-driven doom-scrolling Musician Ellie Dixon whose music career I’ve been following for over a decade since one of her first performances at The Junction in CambridgeContinue reading “The implosion of social”
Did you remember to have your say on East West Rail in Cambridge?
If you missed it, There’s another chance on Tuesday afternoon (21st Jan 2025) from 2-7pm I went along to the busy consultation event in Cambridge at the Clayton Hotel, both to get clarity on a few things, but also to alleviate the boredom that comes with spewing out lots of blogposts but getting little feedbackContinue reading “Did you remember to have your say on East West Rail in Cambridge?”
Have your say on East West Rail Cambridge – and don’t forget Cambourne
The final two public events are coming up on Saturday and Tuesday (see EWR for details) and it’s worth considering what emerging role the new town of Cambourne will play in the future of city and county Before I start, a reminder of next Sunday’s informal TeaCambs2 gathering at Stir Cafe on Cherry Hinton RoadContinue reading “Have your say on East West Rail Cambridge – and don’t forget Cambourne”
Cambridge Folk Festival 2025 cancelled as those benefits of growth keep coming
The announcement comes a few days after senior figures published a joint letter about Cambridge Growth in the Cambridge Independent Pictured: Puffles the dragon fairy with a folk festival volunteer at the 2012 festival. In 2016 I filmed this short walk-through vlogpost. On my LostCambridge blog I wrote this about the history of the festivalContinue reading “Cambridge Folk Festival 2025 cancelled as those benefits of growth keep coming”
Combined Authority and County Council respond to East West Rail
Both institutions take a much broader geographical view than Cambridge City Council – and both have the expert transport officer capacity to go into more detail than their city counterparts If you want to stay up to date with all things East West Rail expert comment, get in touch with Rail Future East Anglia here.Continue reading “Combined Authority and County Council respond to East West Rail”
Bus franchising for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ready to go
Results of the Bus Franchising consultation have been published and will be debated by the Transport and Infrastructure Committee of the Combined Authority on Fri 24 Jan 2025 You can read the meeting papers here – which also cover East West Rail. The extended list of documents for item 7 include the equalities impact assessmentContinue reading “Bus franchising for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ready to go”
RailPEN proposes building two multi-storey car parks on Cambridge Retail Park. Instead of a railway station
I’m not sure what the Better Beehive Campaign are going to make of this proposal given their campaigning on the proposals for the Beehive redevelopment on the other side of Coldham’s Lane, but it feels like a missed opportunity to get a new station at Coldham’s Lane built This follows on from my previous blogpostContinue reading “RailPEN proposes building two multi-storey car parks on Cambridge Retail Park. Instead of a railway station”
When the planning experts came to Cambridge
The blurb said: “This event is being hosted by Landmark Chambers in partnership with Mills & Reeve and Bidwells. It is free to attend and will take place in person at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, CB5 8BL.“ Pictured: Hideous Cambridge by Jones and Hall. Please can we avoid past mistakes? I found out aboutContinue reading “When the planning experts came to Cambridge”
Why has the total number of beds at Addenbrooke’s stayed static over the past quarter of a century?
The data seems to tell an astonishing story – one that needs to be clarified by senior executives and ministers given the choices the Government is making on future growth See Mark Williamson’s response to former Queen Edith’s ward councillor Sam Davies MBE. “So the East of England is the second worst region in theContinue reading “Why has the total number of beds at Addenbrooke’s stayed static over the past quarter of a century?”
