Yet More on EWR
Reminder that the EWR Consultation ends 9th June 2021 Barton Parish Councillors attended the East West Rail “South Cambridgeshire” local councillors meeting Thursday 27 May 2021. The meeting, hosted by EWR, lasted more than 90 minutes and started with a small presentation followed by a Q&A session. The main topics covered were the rationale behind […]
EWR Drop-In Feedback
Parish News 26 residents attended the East West Rail drop-in presentation at the recreation ground pavilion on a very wet Monday afternoon and evening. Thank you for all who braved the rain! Maps of alignment routes from Cambourne North and Cambourne South were displayed with elevation details added to give an idea of the impact […]
East West Rail Drop-In Pavilion
Parish News We can confirm that the Pavilion on the recreation ground is booked from 3 pm to 7 pm next Monday (17th May 2021) for a drop-in session so that Barton Parish Council can canvas views on the EWR consultation. Barton Parish Council will respond to EWR proposals and we want to make sure […]
Global Road Safety Week 2021
Next week (17th to 23 May 2021) is Global Road Safety Week. Global Road Safety Week 2021 offers us an opportunity to keep local communities safe by tackling neighbourhood speeding. Neighbourhood teams, Roads Policing, Special Constables and volunteer groups, such as local ‘Speedwatch’, should be deployed to work together and provide lots of visibility as […]
Speedwatch and Traffic Monitoring
Parish News We are now allowed to conduct Community Speedwatch sessions. Our first one was last Wednesday morning on Haslingfield Road. 100 vehicles were counted in the hour coming in to Barton with three travelling through the speedwatch site at over 35 mph. Our MVAS unit was also active at the same spot. MVAS data […]
Notice of Barton PC EWR Meeting
We plan to hold a public meeting on EWR if allowed. Our current plan is to hire the Pavilion at the recreation ground on Monday 17th May 2021 from 15:00 to 19:00 (3 pm to 7 pm). We will display the maps we have been sent from EWR of the routes from Cambourne to Harston […]
EWR Webinars in May
EWR are holding more webinars in May. Some of relevance to South Cambridgeshire, so if you are interested in the route between Cambourne and Haslingfield, then try and attend one of the sessions. Webinar sessions Please see below for the full list of future webinar sessions covering each section of the Consultation Document. Clapham Green […]
Neighbourhood Watch News
Dear Residents, As a result of a little more freedom and the lovely weather, opportunistic theft and burglary rear their ugly heads. In the early hours of Wednesday morning (21st April), an outbuilding of a property on the High Street was broken into. Nothing appears to have been taken and anything of value has now […]
Accident on Wimpole Road
Wimpole Road was closed for 3 hour on Friday afternoon to deal with a three car accident. This happened right in front of the speed camera. There is a detailed report in the Cambridge Evening Post. This is a stark reminder to local authorities that speeding vehicles is an issue on the busy roads through […]