[Members] Important City Deal Matters

Mon Feb 29 09:00:10 GMT 2016

Wendy Blythe
Chair, FeCRA

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From: Smarter Cambridge Transport <info at smartertransport.uk>
Date: 29 February 2016 at 08:52
Subject: Ingredients for success
To: Wendy Blythe <wendy.blythe.fecra at gmail.com>

Dear All,

This may be of interest to you.

Best wishes,

Wendy

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Dear Wendy,
Ingredients for success

The City Deal is a £1bn, once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the
Cambridge region the sustainable transport capital of the country, making
it a joy to travel around and a beacon of good practice for other cities
facing similar problems of congestion and inadequate public transport. But,
to succeed, the City Deal needs:

   1. The best ideas
   2. Excellent communication
   3. Strong leadership

Few people would score the City Deal highly on any of these points, which
is why we are especially concerned to see the City Deal Board asking to
assume wide-ranging new powers.

The Highways and Community Infrastructure Committee
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is meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 1 March, 10am at Shire Hall) to discuss
delegating the following powers to the City Deal (Agenda Item 7
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):

   - Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs)
   - Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs)
   - Side Roads Orders (SROs)
   - Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAOs)
   - Grant of Planning Consent

Please write to your county councillor
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today, asking him or her to ensure colleagues on the committee vote
*against* endorsing the delegation of these powers until the terms of
reference
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of the City Deal have been updated and expanded along the lines that we
propose
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.

Our submission to the committee
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Milton Rd & Histon Rd proposals

The Cambridge News
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ran a poll last week asking which proposals for Milton and Histon Roads
people preferred. It was neck and neck between the Smarter Cambridge
Transport proposal
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and Cambridge Cycling Campaign proposals (Milton Rd
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& Histon Rd
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Together they claimed 80% of the vote. Both groups’ proposals share much in
common, the most significant difference being that the Cycling Campaign
proposes a tidal bus lane on Milton Road, whereas we propose Inbound Flow
Control
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which has a lower environmental, social and aesthetic impact.

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The clear conclusion is that there is a strong appetite for alternatives to
the City Deal proposals, and we call on council officers to consider
innovative ideas with a mindset of *How can we make this work?* rather
than *Why
this won’t work.*
Girton Interchange

There is almost complete consensus that the Girton Interchange
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is the most critical flaw in the local strategic road network, yet there
will be no new connectivity delivered as part of the £1.5 billion A14
Improvement Scheme
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Please lobby your MP
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(and copy your local councillors) to ask the Secretary of State to unhitch
the Girton Interchange from the A14 Scheme so that the Huntingdon bypass
can go ahead with minimal delay, while new designs are considered for
the Girton
Interchange
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that better meet local needs
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.

Best wishes,

Smarter Cambridge Transport team
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