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Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options

Representation ID: 29253

Received: 09/12/2014

Respondent: Ben Cofield

Representation Summary:


Orbital bus, with new rail/river crossing to Wadloes Road
Pedestrianised existing Cowley Road, with traffic rerouted on a new road adjacent to the sewage works
Pedestrianised area around the new square (as featured on map)
Buses running until midnight with stops on the new Cowley Road (B on map)

Full text:

Of course we should make this area as sustainable as possible. I propose making the area developed on the current P&R site and driving range be pedestrianised with shops and restaurants at ground level. If and when the sewage works are moved, that area need not be pedestrianised, however not only should all buses pass through the station, with a new stop towards the end of the new Cowley Road (as indicated by B on the attached map), but there should be new buses, an orbital one for example, which will allow people better options to leave their car at home. The number 4 used to be great for getting people to Grafton Centre and Newmarket Road, but now people on Milton Road have to rely on the extremely unreliable number 9 or the C. Cambridge North should have buses which stop on Milton Road and run until midnight. All buses in Cambridge should run until midnight anyway - it would benefit all traders and restaurants. The orbital route would of course depend on a new rail and river road bridge/tunnel from Wadloes Road, which is essential to support the new area. One access road will be completely insufficient. I would also like to see a river taxi, which could become a tourist feature, like the Georgina. Perhaps the Council could adopt the Georgina and run it as a taxi? Of course, cycling should be at the heart of the development, and as well as the Chisholm Trail, the existing Cowley Road needs to be pedestrianised too.