On Thursday, October the 19th, popular local County Councillor Susan van der Ven will speak about The Royston-Melbourn Pedestrian/Cycle Link: Cracking and Connecting the County Border at Coombes Community Centre, Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5PT, from 8pm-9:30pm. Please contact Carol on carol_stanier@hotmail.com for tickets, or see the event’s page on Eventbrite (follow that link). Separated by …
Tag: South Cambs
Dec 14
The No.26 Bus to Cambridge
The number 26 bus, which runs between Royston and Cambridge, currently runs hourly. However, Stagecoach have apparently decided that, from January, it will run just once every two hours at off-peak times. This is because the route does not generate a significant profit, because the bus is used primarily by elderly people with bus passes. This will obviously affect people in …
Nov 09
South Cambridgeshire LibDems Quiz
Our colleagues in the South Cambs LibDems will be holding their annual Quiz on the 5th December at Foxton Village Hall. Start at 7:00pm; tickets £7.50 each (£5 for students), with ploughman’s supper included. There will be a bar, too. Please let Tim Stone at tim@whittlesford.plus.com know if you’re going to attend, if possible.
Feb 27
A10 Cycling
South Cambridgeshire Lib Dem County Councillor Susan Van de Ven is heading up a campaign to make cycling up the A10 to Cambridge safer. The next meeting is on March 12th, at Elin Way Community Room, Meldreth, at 7:30pm. If this is an issue which affects you, do feel free to go along. If you …
Feb 27
Two Meetings: Climate Change and Europe
South Cambridgeshire Lib Dems are organising two meetings on key Lib Dem issues. Both will be open to the public. Climate Change: A View from the Poles With Dr Eoghan Griffin of the Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge (speaking in a personal capacity). Date: 20 March 2013, at 7pm. Venue: Foxton Village Hall. With home-made supper …
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Earlier this year Conservatives at County Hall decided to cut the amount of money being spent on a five year “Invest to Improve” plan tackling the repair of “unclassified roads” (minor roads in towns and country lanes) because these roads were apparently in such good condition.![]()
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That’s probably not how most residents would have described these roads, although there had been some improvements as result of the plan.![]()
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Today the County Council has released figures showing the number of minor roads in Hertfordshire that are in need of repair has nearly doubled since last year – increasing from 7% to 12% - proving the residents not the council to be right about the state of these roads.
After making it harder to introduce 20mph speed limits Herts County Council said it would spend £7 million to overcome its own rules and introduce at least some more 20mph limits. These will be expensive because of the council’s absurdly complicated rules about where 20 mph limits are allowed and which ones should actually be done.![]()
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Herts County Council pledged to spend £1 million by March 2022 but now they are saying that they cannot do this and that £700,000 will remain unspent. It remains to be seen whether the other £6 million is real or was just invented for the County Council elections but even if it is at this rate it will only result in a tiny proportion of suitable roads getting a 20mph limit.![]()
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Other councils, like Lancashire and Suffolk have done the job much more cheaply by just doing all suitable roads at once, without lots of unnecessary humps and chicanes. Hertfordshire should scrap their complex rules and do the same.
Timeline PhotosIt’s nearly time to pick up your free tree! 🌳![]()
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Visit your nearest town to get your tree and help tackle climate change and improve biodiversity in the district:![]()
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📍 Royston: 7 December, Priory Memorial Gardens, 11am-4pm![]()
📍 Baldock: 9 December, Avenue Park, 11am-4pm![]()
📍 Letchworth: 14 December, Howard Gardens, 11am-4pm![]()
📍 Hitchin: 16 December, Bancroft, 11am-4pm![]()
📍 Great Ashby: 17 December, Community Centre, 11am-4pm![]()
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For more information about our free tree giveaway, visit: ow.ly/cpEh50GZGln
World AIDS Day. ![]()
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Let's unite to support all those affected by AIDS and to remember those who have died of it. ![]()
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