This is a City Council press release

All refuse and recycling collections for Cambridge City in the week beginning Monday 6th May will take place one day later than normal, with Friday’s collection taking place on Saturday 11th.

You can check collection days for your street on the City Council website or contact the council on bins@cambridge.gov.uk or 01223 458282.

If you are having a clear-out over the weekend or doing some DIY, remember many items can be reused or recycled by donating to charity shops or taking to a Recycling Centre. For details of what can be taken to Recycling Centres and where they are, visit the County Recycling Website or call 0345 045 5207.

If you have a celebration or BBQ and have extra recycling that won’t fit in your blue bin, you can take all extra cans, bottles and cartons to your local recycling point -– find your closest one at www.cambridge.gov.uk/recycling.

Thanks to everyone who helped elect Ed Cearns as our new County Councillor.

Here are the unofficial results from today’s ballot count:

Ed Cearns Lib Dem: 475
Con 258
Lab 432
Grn 268

As expected Ed has already rolled up his sleeves!

As many residents know, the Cambridgeshire County Council elections are on Thursday 2 May.

Local Resident ED CEARNS is running for the Liberal Democrats in Market Ward. Cllr Whitebread said, “I wholeheartedly endorse Ed Cearns to take over from me as County Councillor for the city centre on May 2nd. Ed has the energy, enthusiasm and passion for this area to make an excellent councillor. I urge residents to give him their vote on Thursday.”

Poll cards have been sent to registered voters in Cambridge, although residents do not need a poll card to vote. Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm.

The polling stations for Market Ward are the Wesley Church and Fisher Square. Your polling station is listed on your poll card and can also be found on cambridge.gov.uk/elections or by phoning 01223 457048.

The count will take place from 10am on Friday 3 May, with the final results expected by mid-afternoon. Official updates for the county election will be available throughout the day on the county council’s
website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Thanks to everyone who attended Thursday’s meeting. Here is a brief summary of the highlights.

1. Power supply to Midsummer Common Gate
A member of the public raised a question about the power supply to the gate on Midsummer Common. I have been told that we are waiting for the final connection to the supply then testing and final ok from the electrician next week.

2. Police Priorities
The committee agreed new police priorities, including:
– Overranking of the taxis in St. Andrew’s Street
– Waste risk management, which relates to risk of arson to trade waste
– ASB in the Grafton Centre and in our green spaces

3. Developer Contribution Projects
The committee also heard a report from Tim Wetherfield regarding the Developer Contribution projects. Tim answered questions about how the decisionmaking works, and what residents need to do to make sure their proposals are considered. If residents are unclear about the decisionmaking process, or what needs to be done next, please do be in touch with your local city councillor. There is also a helpful website that explains the decisionmaking process for projects funded by developer contributions.

4. Grant Applications
Finally, the committee voted to award grants to various organisations across the West/Central Area. Even after the grants awarded last night there is still budget available for new projects. For more detail contact your city councillor or read more on the City Council website. If there are barriers to applications — such as the paperwork required for the application itself! — please do feed back to your local councillors so that we can improve.