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Part 3️⃣ dropping in on the Meldreth Station Link.
💬 A local resident tells us about how community planting on the Meldreth Station Link has brightened everyday journeys for the many people who use this route.
❓Are you an @cam.ac.uk student, staff member or visitor who commutes between central Cambridge and Cambridge West?
🚲 As our work continues, please remember to dismount from your bike on Adams Road. If you want to keep cycling, please use the diversion via Clarkson Road.
🌧️ 🌿 As part of our work on Adams Road, we're delivering new rain gardens and planting which will improve drainage and brighten up journeys.
👥 Resident association chairs Michael and Charles reflect on their role in shaping an improved Milton Road
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🗣️☕️ We spoke with Pei about everyday journeys at Coffee World.
With better links across the area, we’re enabling these small but vital movements that shape the community’s daily rhythm.
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🧑🦽 Many of you have told us that hazards on Sidgwick Avenue make it harder to get around safely.
Find out what we’re proposing to do about it.
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Part 2️⃣ dropping in on the Meldreth Station Link. 💬 A local resident tells us about how a wider path has made journeys to and from Meldreth Station more enjoyable.
🗨️ A local resident has told us how our work so far on the #Barton Greenway has improved his weekends.
'The improvements have made my weekend walks to Cambridge significantly easier... the reduced noise of traffic from the lower speed limit is very much appreciated' 🚶☀️
🚌 Bus driver James shares how the Milton Road infrastructure is improving journeys for passengers
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Part 1️⃣ dropping in on the Meldreth Station Link.
💬 A representative from the Community Rail Partnership tells us about what journeys to Meldreth Station used to be like before our work to widen and improve the existing path.
Two people in high vis standing in front of a construction site
A digger and a construction worker digging to construct kerbs
An orange construction barrier in front of newly constructed kerbs
👷🦺Progress continues on Adams Road, with changes starting to take shape as the street is redesigned for people walking, wheeling and cycling as part of the #Comberton Greenway.
🚴☕️ We spoke to Josh about cycling over a flat white at Coffee World.
During our time at Coffee World, customers told us how reliable connectivity helps the café bring people together, keep work flowing smoothly, and remain a welcoming hub for the local community.
#cambridge
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Cyclists walking alongside bike after dismounting on Adams Road during construction
Bike leaning against the Adams Road road sign
🚶🚴 By dismounting to use the temporary path on Adams Road, or using the diversion via Clarkson Road, you’re doing your bit to keep all users safe.
🚧As part of our work to deliver the #CombertonGreenway, the junction of Cambridge Road/High Street will be closed from 8pm to 6am in #Coton between Thursday 19 February and Saturday 21 February.
🛣️This will allow our team to resurface the junction of Cambridge Road and High Street.
We've been spending some time at Coffee World to understand how our new cycle track and footway on Cowley Road, and connections along Milton Road, are helping their community get around.
☕️ We caught up with Espresso Bar manager Jayne to talk #connection and #community.
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We joined residents from Melbourn and Meldreth for a community bulb planting event. Here's what they had to say about how our Meldreth Station Link project has improved journeys.
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People are already making the most of a new and improved #cycling and #walking path on Barton Road. 🏃🚲 Improvements include:
✅Wider paths
✅Slower speed limits
✅Better separation between the road and the path
Our joint assembly will consider proposals for an improved Sidgwick Avenue. The trial aims to give people walking, cycling and wheeling more space and improve comfort and safety as part of the #CombertonGreenway. 🚶♀️🚲
Construction progress on Adams Road
🚲🛣️ New kerbs are being installed on Adams Road as we widen the footway as part of our works to create England’s first cycle street, making space and improving safety for everyone.
Diggers at the new Waterbeach station site.
Our diggers are hard at work building the new haul road to take construction traffic directly from the A10 to the site of the new station.
Find out more about the new station here: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/news/deliver...
Photo of the Baulk Path, Grantchester.
🚶♂️➡️🚴 Our walking and cycling route along the Baulk Path as part of the Barton Greenway is predicted to be used by hundreds of people per day.
More: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/news/hundred...
More: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/news/deliver...
🚉 🆕A station waiting room to keep you warm and dry or a cup of coffee to help with the commute, these are things that might encourage you to travel by train. That’s why we’re proposing some extra facilities for the new Waterbeach station.
🚧 Overnight works will be starting tonight on Hauxton Rd opposite Harness Close as part of our CSWTH project.
⚠️ Work will take place from Tuesday 3 February to Friday 6 February (8pm to 5am).
🚦Two-way traffic lights will be operating.
🚶 The public footpath will be closed.
Photo of Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.
🧑🦽➡️🚶♂️➡️ On average each day, 250 people on Sidgwick Avenue are being forced off the path and out into the road.
Find out what we’re proposing to do about it as part of the Comberton Greenway: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/news/proposa...
🆕📄 We've published the agenda and papers for our next joint assembly meeting, which takes place at 2 pm on Thursday 12 February in the council chamber at the @Camcitco Guildhall.
Find out more: cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Mee...
Photo of a cyclist on Barton Road
Map of the diversion route for the Barton Greenway works
🚧 Barton Road will be closed to traffic overnight on Friday 30 January from 8pm to Saturday 31 January at 6am as part of our final works on this section of the #Barton Greenway.
🚶♀️🚴 Access will be maintained for pedestrians & cyclists.
ℹ️ Diversion route below.
Photo of four people walking on a the Meldreth Station link path.
The Cambridge 'Girls That Jog' group sitting outside at a cafe in Cambridge.
Three cyclists waiting to cross the King's Hedges junction on Milton Road.
🤝 🌍 This year we’re working with partners and communities to deliver safer, easier, and more connected journeys for everyone.
A person wearing a high-vis vest carrying a ladder in a housing estate
Construction workers working at night on the Addenbrooke's roundabout
A person wearing a high-vis vest planting a tree
🚧 🏘️ We’re getting on with what matters by delivering improvements that make Greater Cambridge accessible for everyone.
🚶We're delivering England's first Cycle Street on Adams Road.
We're improving safety for everyone with widened footways and a resurfaced road.
