Your Market Ward councillors regularly receive correspondence about the need for more cycle parking in the city, and in particular at the station.

The Cambridgeshire County Council is currently running a pilot on a new type of 2-tier cycle parking.

Go to the County Council website for more information and a chance to give input on the new scheme.

The website says in part: “The information gained from this survey will be used to help designers of a proposed multi-storey cycle park find the best solutions to cycle parking at Cambridge Station. The proposed multi-storey cycle park is being delivered as part of the CB1 development.”

Cllrs Whitebread and Rosenstiel have been leading a campaign to protect the cast iron lighting columns in the city centre from being demolished by the Conservative-run County Council’s contractor, Balfour Beatty.

We found out only this week that Balfour Beatty had forgotten to consult local councillors on the placement of columns in a few streets, including King Street.

This week a resident contacted Cllr Whitebread about one of the columns blocking the view of a plaque which is one of the features of the listed building at 90 King Street.

To quote from the details of the listing:

Dated 1790, but with some later alterations. Grey gault brick with red brick dressings. Two storeys, four windows to block, three light Gothic casements. Panelled Gothic doors. Pantiled roof. Two plaques commemorating Thomas Jakenett and his wife, the original foundation in 1469 and their present rebuilding in 1790 (RCHM 95).

All work was supposed to have been stopped while consultation takes place. Cllrs Rosenstiel and Whitebread are pursuing these matters.

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The City Council has been working with the Police and the Cam Conservators to deal with illegal punt touts in the city centre. The Cambridge Evening News recently reported on our efforts in a recent article.

Click here to go to the CEN website to read more about the issue.