Cycle way work starts - Wandlebury to Babraham

The cycle way work planned by the County for hereabouts begins with construction of the phase from Wandlebury Country Park to Babraham Research Campus on 20 January. This will take the cycle way to Copley Hill Business Park and will take up to 12 weeks to complete.

To allow for the second phase to be built from Copley Hill to Babraham Research Campus some BT poles need to be relocated. Once this is done the next phase will be completed.

I am working with people keen to ensure the new cycle way also allows riders access to the Roman Way bridle path. This isn't straightforward because these are major roads and you wouldn't want to mix fast moving traffic, horses and so on, but the county project team have been willing to do what they can.

Granta Park to Whittlesford Station - new cycleway to be funded

On the back of the government announcement today to spend £8.2m providing a boost for cycling in and around Cambridge, the County Council's bid for funding for a cycleway to Granta Park from Whittlesford Station has been successful.

The three miles (12 -15 minutes approx cycling, depending on how fit you are) will enable people working at the Granta site to commute via Whittlesford, as well as linking the Abingtons to the station. At the moment the very fast and busy roads are totally unsuitable for cycling - though you do see some brave souls chancing it.

This good news for creating real connections between transport options.

Little Abingdon - scout camps and cycleways

Thanks to all the people in Little Abington who took the time to talk to me this afternoon in the first day of anything like Spring sunshine. There was a lot of gardening going on!
The plans to sell off the scout field is not a popular move. The original plan for a few houses - to help pay to renovate the old buildings - seems to have made more sense to people rather than sell off the whole thing.

Cycleways that make it possible to get from village to village are also on people's minds - tho' not ones that end up with only a handful of users. 
Its a very close-knit village, and I liked the impromptu and numerous community notice boards dotted round the place.