Our submission “Cambridge Southeast Transport, Greater Cambridge Partnership Public Consultation” (PDF, 4MB) sets out the detailed reasons for our view that the new public transport route extending from Addenbrookes to Granta Park should follow the alignment of the existing and former rail line through Great Shelford, Stapleford and Sawston. As in our previous submissions, we […]
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Coalition calls on Transport Secretary fully to enable Girton Interchange by 2023
The need for all-ways connectivity at the Girton Interchange, Cambridge – Letter to the Secretary of State for Transport A group of Parish Councils, District Councillors and community groups, including Cambridge Connect, has written to the Secretary of State for Transport in an open ‘Letter of Community Consensus‘ requesting that the strategically important Girton Interchange […]
Cambourne to Cambridge Busway Phase 2 Consultation
Cambridge Connect made a submission to the Cambourne to Cambridge Busway Phase 2 Consultation, which ended 31 March 2019. Our submission included “Greenprint for a sustainable future: Cambridge Light Rail” (PDF, 9.3MB), which summarises the scheme developed by Cambridge Connect and its underlying rationale. Our proposals take an integrated view across the whole region rather […]
Combined Authority publishes CAM Metro Strategic Outline Business Case
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority published the Strategic Outline Business Case for the CAM ‘metro’ on 19 March 2019. Headline conclusions from the report include: the metro network would encompass a core component in Cambridge city and extend to the regions as far as St Neots in the west, Mildenhall in the west, Haverhill […]
Combined Authority preparing Strategic Outline Business Case for Metro
20/01/2019 Over the past year the Combined Authority has been preparing the Strategic Outline Business Case for the “CAM Metro”. The work is being carried out by consultants Steer (formerly ‘Steer Davies Gleave’), with due diligence being provided by Arup. The report is intended to appear in the first quarter of 2019. A broad conceptual […]
Combined Authority committed to feasibility studies
28/05/2017 The new Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, James Palmer, has announced in his 100-day plan he is committed to initiating feasibility studies on light rail and tunnelling for Cambridge and the surrounding region. This development is very welcome, as Cambridge Connect has called for these feasibility studies since first publishing our […]