Combined Authority

The Combined Authority’s transport and infrastructure committee voted to recommend £2m of Department for Transport funding be released for work.

Residents will also be asked to consider road charging measure options to fund the improved public transport network in the future.

Restrictions for private motor vehicles in six areas of Cambridge are set to remain after they were supported by the Greater Cambridge Partnership.

Public asked for views on congestion charge, transport and 20 years of house-building.

The public will be asked to have its say on the measures in the coming weeks.

A decision is set to be made over whether to progress with plans for a package of public transport improvements and how they might be funded.

Cambridgeshire mayor Dr Nik Johnson has given his backing to closing Mill Road Bridge to traffic again.

The submission to the Department for Transport’s zero emission buses regional area scheme could help fund 30 new electric buses if successful.

The funds will help secure the construction of 1,188 affordable homes across Cambridge and Peterborough through 18 schemes.

A dramatic increase in bus services and cheaper fares have been suggested to transform how people travel around Greater Cambridge.

It said the ‘culture sector was not at full strength’ following Covid.

Cllr Chris Boden and Cllr Bridget Smith are taken up the new portfolios.

Combined Authority head praises new polytunnels, solar farm, glasshouse, heat pump and upgraded water facilities

Dr Nik Johnson is hoping to secure more funds from the government

Mayor Dr Nik Johnson says ‘compassion, cooperation and community’ will be at the heart of any new masterplan.

A row has broken out over plans to scrap the Cambridge Autonomous Metro (CAM) proposals.

Funding of £100m for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been unlocked after the Combined Authority passed the first of its government reviews.

She currently leads the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

Dr Nik Johnson is asking for people to “continue to wear a mask on our buses and trains, and in public spaces” after restrictions ease on July 19.

Campaigners against the plans say the business case is “flimsy”.