Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 59103
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Mr Michael Berkson
Connectivity provided by East West Rail is beneficial only if the route approaches Cambridge city from the North and ultimately connects with the East Coast. The current proposal, looping South after Cambourne and joining the mainline at Shelford, is incompatible with your policy of limiting development in the Southern Fringe.
On p 23 you state, In the case of Cambourne, East-West Rail means that it will be one of the best connected places in our region, and whilst things like the location of the new station are yet to be resolved, we do think it can develop into a more substantial town with a more fully developed and lively centre.
This connectivity is beneficial only if East-West Rail approaches Cambridge city from the North and ultimately connects with the East Coast. At present, East West Main Line Partnership (as East West Rail Consortium is now known) is insisting on their original proposal to approach Cambridge from the South, which is incompatible with your proposal not to carry forward the Area of Major Change Identified in the Adopted 2018 Cambridge Local Plan Policy 18: Southern Fringe Areas of Major Change.