Nichola Harrison

Here is a (sorry, not very good) picture of one of the new cycle hoops being trialled in the Mill Road area. Read the rest of this entry.

The County Council has announced that the refurbished central library will re-open at the end of September, 18 months later than expected.

I know many local people will be relieved to hear this news - we’re all hoping the new facility is going to be pretty special, and we’ve waited a long time for it.

With my Lib Dem colleagues, I am now calling for a review to find out what went wrong with the timing of the project. The County Council is involved with many major projects using huge sums of taxpayers’ money, and it is important that it learns lessons when problems arise.

Many thanks to all those who supported me in the county council elections on 4 June - I am delighted to have been elected to serve for another four years. Read the rest of this entry.

The Conservatives in charge of the County Council continue to dither over a future transport strategy for Cambridge and its region. Read the rest of this entry. Read the rest of this entry.

The government remains intransigent over the use of No Entry signs at junctions where ‘contraflow’ cycling is permitted and no physical cycle lane exists. Read the rest of this entry.

Cambridge residents are being encouraged to take up offers of free swimming and keep fit through schemes being run across the city. Read the rest of this entry.

It recently emerged that councils which invested money in the collapsed Icelandic banks, are likely to get
most of their money back. The payout, estimated at 80%, could be nearer to 90% if market conditions
improve. This will come to a relief to councils who have been battling for the return of this money since
Iceland’s financial system seized up last October.

Two planning applications for development at the ARU campus were decided by the planning committee today. Read the rest of this entry.

News (see previous article) that Labour councillors are campaigning for the city’s airfield to expand to a full-scale regional passenger airport, makes this a topical moment to report that Marshall Aerospace have confirmed their commitment to relocating the airfield away from Cambridge. This would allow the airfield site to be developed as an urban extension to house the long term growth of the city.  Read the rest of this entry.

Cambridge Labour councillors have announced at a meeting of the City Council that they want to see the city’s airport expanded, making it capable of accommodating major passenger planes such as Easy Jet. Read the rest of this entry.