Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Team Leader Cycling Projects Cambridgeshire County Council regarding the Abbey Chesterton Bridge.

The Committee discussed the following issues:

i.             The route would link all 4 wards of East Area, questioned the routing on Ditton Meadows and how the route would traverse the meadows without affecting the character of the area.

ii.            Questioned who owned the land surrounding the Abbey Chesterton Bridge and also whether this would affect the ability to deliver the bridge. 

iii.           Commented that this was an exciting project and hoped that something as progressive as this project became exemplary.

In response to member’s questions, the Team Leader Cycling Projects Cambridgeshire County Council said the following:

       i.                The Bridge was not just a piece of transport infrastructure and there was scope for planting, ponds etc.

     ii.                The land where the bridge was proposed to be constructed was owned by private landowners who were all supportive of the project.