Meldreth Matters, July 2020

District and County Councillors’ Reports Aside from reporting to the Parish Council’s June Zoom meeting on COVID-19 issues, here are some old-fashioned local authority news items. Some things, like recycling arrangements, are still in flux, so feel free to check with us on anything you’re concerned about.

New National Government Policy on Local Authority Planning Enforcement Policy details, including extending hours on building construction sites, is set out below; sorry about the long link! https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questionsanswers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2020-05-13/ HCWS234 HGV Traffic Policy Review Thank you to the Parish Council for feedback on Susan’s appeal for views on a prospective County Council review of current HGV traffic policy and advisory map; both are now many years old. The challenge is that with lack of police resources, the advisory and even legal limits are not realistically enforceable, yet they comprise something of a last line of defence for villages that endure HGV traffic cut throughs. Please take a look at the link below if you’d like to read the policy and see the map, and feed any comments back to us: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/ roads-and-pathways/heavy-or-abnormal-loads-on-the-highway Greater Cambridge Partnership: Foxton Travel Hub and ‘Melbourn Greenway’ The Foxton Travel Hub and Melbourn Greenway schemes go for decision to the Greater Cambridge Partnership Exec Board on Thursday 25th June. The Southern Option has been recommended for the Foxton Travel Hub, for which there is much local opposition due to the enormity of the proposed car park, its siting along the very problematic A10 and the difficulty of crossing the A10 to get to the station.

The Melbourn Greenway report proposes funding of the Melbourn to Royston pedestrian cycle path and a detailed design stage for the proposed bridge over the A505 at the A10 roundabout, the construction of which would be contingent on agreement with Hertfordshire. While the bureaucratic processes seem endless, this does nevertheless represent significant progress, if indeed the report is approved on 25th June.

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