Author: Karen Young
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Quality of Life Survey
The County Council has just launch its third quality of life survey. IT will help the County Council with its business plan i.e. what it intends to do for residents and also help understand progress against its seven Strategic Framework ambitions. These are: The link is here if you wish to take part: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/quality-of-life-survey The…
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Civic quarter
Cambridge City Council would like your views as part of our latest Cambridge Civic Quarter consultation. The ambition of the project is to improve the experience of everyone visiting the city centre by creating more inclusive and accessible buildings, and better public spaces where people can meet and enjoy cultural events. Meanwhile, enhancing these heritage…
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Election results
I am delighted to say that the LibDems have won control of the County Council with 31 seats. As part of that, I have won the election for the Queen Edith’s division. The results for Queen Edith’s were: Karen Young Lib Dem 1258 Labour 633 Green 482 Conservative 472 Reform 315. There were also two…
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Cambridge Growth
Last week, I attended a Strategy and Resources Committee meeting where we had a much-anticipated update on the Cambridge Growth Company, presented by our Head of Planning. For some time now, it’s been difficult to get clarity on what this new entity is doing, so I was pleased to see it finally being given proper…
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Rock Road Library
Redecoration and maintenance works at Rock Road Library that will involve a closure of the service will start from the 5th of May. The building is due to undergo extensive works including: The project is primarily being funded by the County Council Property Services maintenance funds with additional funds from the Library Plus project to update…
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Resident Parking Schemes (RPS)
The County Council has decided to take a more strategic approach to resident’s parking across the city of Cambridge. Delivering these RPS schemes is a collaborative approach between the GCPand the County Council, where the GCP develops, consults upon andimplements schemes and the County Council carries out the legal drafting ofthe Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO),…
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Weeds
I get asked regularly about the weeds on the roads and the Council have now drawn up a Weed management work programme (WMWP) which sets out how this will be done in a proactive rather than reactive way. The WMWP will follow a systematic deep-cleaning schedule across all 14 wards to ensure comprehensive and equitable…
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EWR
EWR will be starting the first phase of ground investigations in Queen Edith’s this week along the proposed route of the railway. This is what they have said: Ground investigations are vital for large infrastructure projects like EWR, gathering important information about the soil, rock and groundwater below the surface to help us to design a…
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Grants to £5,000
Voluntary and community groups can apply for up to £5,000 – this can be for a single activity or split between multiple activities with a combined maximum total of £5,000. Activities must reduce social and/or economic inequality for Cambridge residents with the greatest need. They can be open to anyone living within the city or…
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Smoke control consultation
The City Council is carrying out a consultation on whether to expand the smoke control areas which were set up in the 60s to cover the whole city. This will mean that The consultation which is open until Sunday 20 April 2025 can be found here https://engage.cambridge.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/smoke-control-area-expansion