[Members] GCP Assembly meeting 8 Sept, deadline for comments 5 Sept; Congestion Charge; Update on Anglian Water Sewage Works Relocation; Local Plan; Montreal Square; Cambridge Corvid Lab

[Wendy Blythe]

Dear All,

*Update 2 Sept, 2022*

*GCP Joint Assembly Meeting **10 am, 8 Sept *

Council Chamber, The Guildhall, Cambridge, CB2 3Q

The agenda items on the Cambridgeshire County Council website
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 include: Public Transport and City Access Strategy (the proposal for
a *Congestion
Charge)*; Cambourne to Cambridge; Cambridge Eastern Access: Greater
Cambridge Greenways

*Congestion Charge *


The Greater Cambridge Partnership is proposing a £5 charge to be introduced
by 2026/27, which would affect private vehicles between 07:00 and 19:00 on
weekdays.


Cambridge Blogger Phil Rogers has created a zoomable map of the Cambridge
congestion charge zone. If implemented, driving a car anywhere in this zone
7am-7pm Mon-Fri would cost £5 per day. Click on link below to see how this
might affect you.

google.com/maps/d/edit?mi… <https://t.co/XRrGSZrOoJ>



People can scrutinise full details of the report from p 30 of the agenda
report and email their views to councillors and MPs via
https://www.writetothem.com/



*Media coverage of the Congestion Charge *



https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/mp-launches-petition-opposing-gcp-s-proposed-5-daily-drivi-9271978/

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/who-would-pay-the-gcp-s-proposed-5-daily-charge-to-use-camb-9271923/



It is short notice but please share the plans with RA members and networks
and let us know your views. Public questions have to be submitted to
GCP by *10am
on Monday 5 September 2022*  to: public.questions at greatercambridge.org.uk

*Joint Assembly members  *

https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/about/governance/gcp-joint-assembly



*GCP Exec Board members*

https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/about/governance/gcp-executive-board

This includes the new chair of the Mayoral Combined Authority Business
Board, Alex Plant, Director of Strategy at Anglian Water (substitute), and
the Vice Chair of the Mayoral Business Board, Prof Andy Neely, Camb Univ
Enterprise; both are board members of business group Cambridge Ahead ( Alex
Plant is the business group’s policy chair).


Cambridge Ahead sponsor the Innovation Corridor (London Stansted Cambridge)
All Party Parliamentary Group whose co-chair is Cambridge MP Daniel
Zeichner.

Anglian Water sponsor the East of England All Party Group. Cambridge MP
Daniel Zeichner is the co-chair.


*Update on Anglian Water’s Milton Sewage Works relocation*


Save Honey Hill campaigners are aiming to raise £50,000 to fight the plan
by Anglian Water to move the Milton Sewage Works to Horningsea

https://premium.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/campaigners-stage-fundraising-auction-for-legal-fight-agains-9271605/


Meanwhile Anglian Water is under fire as figures show water not far from
King's College Chapel is 40% sewage. Link below.



https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-08-23/they-need-to-be-accountable-the-water-firms-accused-of-not-monitoring-sewage



FeCRA objection to the relocation.

https://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/Letter%20to%20Karen%20Barclay,%20CWRC.pdf


*Anglian Water Partnerships*


https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/environment/taking-care-of-habitats-and-wildlife/water-for-wildlife/


The Cambridge Wildlife Trust who are part funded by Anglian Water are lead
adviser on the Cambridge nature fund mitigating building one million houses.
See the "doubling nature" vision.

https://naturalcambridgeshire.org.uk/news/cpca-board-approve-business-cases-and-funds-for-doubling-nature/


Cam and Ely Use Catchment Partnership (CamEo)

Anglian Water co-host and manage the Cam and Ely Ouse Catchment Partnership
CamEo on behalf of Anglian Water and the Rivers Trust. See link below for
their CamEo partners.

https://www.cameopartnership.org

In a recent interview with the *Financial Times* Prof Dieter Helm, the UK
govt’s former adviser attacked the privatisation model and said energy and
water are ‘too essential to be treated like any other commodity. He
commented that ‘energy & water sectors are prone to ‘revolving doors and
pork-barrel politics heavily influenced by vested interests, with an
interest in complexity…a lobbyist’s dream’. Link to article.Utilities and
regulators ‘not fit for purpose’, says UK government ex-adviser August 28
2022
https://www.ft.com/content/92323f6f-1b25-4cf2-a73f-6b9c0cf12f82?shareType=nongift

*Local Plan Parish Council and Residents Association Call for Sites
Survey- **deadline 5pm, Monday 12 Sept*


https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/interactive-developers-propose-41-more-sites-for-inclusion-9262681/



Have you had the link from the planners for commenting on the additional
sites that developers have put forward? If you haven’t you need to contact
them at localplan at greatercambridgeplanning.org, using *Call for Sites
Survey* in the subject of the email.



Local historian Antony Carpen gives helpful advice on how local residents
can scrutinise the sites submitted by developers featured in the Cambridge
Independent.



https://cambridgetownowl.com/2022/06/30/how-to-scrutinise-the-additional-41-new-sites-developers-have-put-forward-for-cambridge-south-cambs/



Great to end with some good news!


*Update on Montreal Square residents' campaign to save their homes*


John Caldwell of Mill Road TV recorded Montreal Square RA's battle with the
Cambridge Housing Society. How it began.

https://t.co/HMjfZtpyLp

The former Chair of Montreal RA, Cambridge college porter Andy Smith was
featured on Newsnight in 2019 with BBC Economics Editor Ben Chu. The
film "Inequality
in the UK" features Liz Truss,.

Andy is on at approx. 6 min 43 secs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVG9Qmd6BWc


It has been a long haul for the residents of this small Cambridge square,
but they have just shared some good news via Facebook.

"EPIC WIN!!!!!

Anyone who wants/needs to know, we have been given good news. Cambridge
Housing Society has just informed us that they will not be demolishing
Montreal Square! Going to do up the existing housing. Thank you all for
your support x"

*Cambridge Lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations*


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2329991-cambridge-lab-for-clever-birds-saved-from-closure-by-public-donations/



A message to FeCRA members from Prof Nicky Clayton.



‘Huge thank you for all your support’.



Best wishes,

Wendy


Wendy Blythe
Chair, FeCRA

www.fecra.org.uk
www.facebook.com/CambridgeRAs
www.twitter.com/fecra2
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