The much awaited St Andrew’s Street Taxi Rank Consultation is now open. The County Council website explains:

What are the problems?
The main focus for taxis is the rank in the lay-by in St Andrew’s Street. Often this rank is full and taxis sometimes queue onto the road to wait for space on the rank to become free. This has led to complaints, adds to congestion in the area and reduces safety for others.

Over-ranking causes a number of issues:
– obstructing wider vehicles, such as buses and emergency vehicles, passing along the road,
– narrowing the road space, leading to safety concerns,
– delaying buses from getting to and from stops,
– obstructing the pedestrian crossing point between the Lion Yard and Christ’s Lane, forcing pedestrians to cross between parked cars.

What are the proposals?
The County Council is proposing to keep the taxi rank at St Andrew’s Street as it is, but prevent taxis from queuing onto the road should the taxi rank be full. Instead, taxis should wait at the under-used taxi rank around the corner on Drummer Street until a space becomes available in St Andrew’s Street.

Read more about it, and HAVE YOUR SAY by visiting the Cambridgeshire County Council website. The consultation ends 22 March.