Author Archives: Cambridge Town Owl

Can Cambridge City Council ask the other applicants for permission to publish their bids and/or invite the applicants to publish their competing alternative bids? You can see 5th Studio’s thread here Above – 5th Studio Cambridge, Nov 2024 – vision for Cambridge Market Square outside The Guildhall ***Crikey that’s an improvement*** But that’s hardly aContinue reading “5th Studio’s alternative vision for Cambridge’s Civic Quarter”

More details on p4 here, where you can put your questions to one of the people who puts together train timetables, Phil Hutchinson of GTR – Thameslink to you & me Unfortunately the meeting does clash with the Mill Road Winter Fair as it does annually, but as it starts at 2.30pm (I’ve scheduled itContinue reading “RailFuture East Anglia – annual Cambridge meeting 07 Dec 2024”

Jen Williams’ article on the late Sir Howard Bernstein, the former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council from 1998-2017 provides much food for thought You can read her article here You can follow her on Bsky Here I’ve been following Jen Williams’ posts on birdsite for years and strongly recommend her writing on all thingsContinue reading “Manchester’s lessons for…Cambridge?”

I missed this from the Subnational Transport Organisation ‘England’s Economic Heartland’ as I was busy moaning about the March-Wisbech rail study, but at the same time the former published their report on rail priorities between Oxford and Cambridge See the press release here See the report here It states: “EEH’s Rail Main Line Priorities Study,Continue reading “Another strategic transport report – this one covering Cambridge’s regional rail links”

Has *anyone* visualised what Cambridge might look like once all this building work is done? And has anyone visualised what it might be like if all of the projects go ahead with no co-ordination as seems to have been the case over the past decade? Before I start, a quick reminder I’m on Bsky –Continue reading “East West Rail’s consultation raises the big question of a Cambridge Masterplan”

The start of the statutory process at the end of which the Transport Secretary will decide whether to authorise the construction of the C-2-C busway, has begun Read this guide on what it involves Read this if you want to comment on the proposals Wade through the documents library if here if you want theContinue reading “GCP’s Cambourne to Cambridge busway application submitted to DfT”

Cambridge City Council will be debating the future of the civic quarter at The Guildhall on 21 November 2024 from 5.30pm (See the papers here). Looking at the proposals, surely Mr Pennycook knows this is no way to govern a city with a globally-recognised name See Phil Rodgers’ Thread here. Also, for your in-depth scrutiny,Continue reading “The Housing Minister must know that existing funding and governance structures for Cambridge are unsustainable”

With over 1,600 jobs being created as a result of the proposed redevelopment of one of the old Peterborough brickworks, politicians need to consider how to upgrade the rail infrastructure in Peterborough and Fenland. (See also the Fenland Local Plan 2014) See the Cambridge News report here. Also, you can view the documents via https://www.publicaccess.fenland.gov.uk/publicaccessContinue reading “New Sci-Tech Park at Whittlesey must kick start rail infrastructure improvements around Peterborough”

If the Crown Estate is going to spend over £1billion on increasing the density of the business park on the southern side of Cowley Road, then some of that investment has to benefit the children and people of King’s Hedges ward next door. TL/DR? “Join us at our upcoming public consultation events to help shapeContinue reading “Crown Estate to revamp Cambridge Business Park – can it help fund a new swimming pool on the other side of Milton Road?”

This was for non-devolved parts of England that have not had their budgets devolved to Combined Authorities, picked up by FE Week. I dread to think what it’s like when you include the Combined Authorities FE Week wrote about it here Above – Josh Meoor for FE Week 08 Nov 2024 The data comes fromContinue reading “Why has there been a massive underspend in adult education in the early 2020s?”