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Also of interest: City Deal, Chisholm Trail

We apologise for the lengthy nature of this update, but there is just so much happening in and around Cambridge right now. On 19 July the Joint Development Control Committee meets to decide on the Chisholm Trail Phase 1 planning application and on the same day The Greater Cambridge Partnership (Previously known as the City Deal) meets in Cambourne with a lengthy agenda including Milton Road. We quite literally need to be in two places at once! Planning applications are now being presented for the Cambridge North Station site and amazingly they propose to remove the excellent cycling infrastructure that has only recently been installed. We will be objecting!

As always thanks for reading and thank you for your support.

Chisholm Trail
Greater Cambridge Partnership
Call to action! Milton Road Alliance petition for cycling and trees
Cambridge Greenways consultations
New developments proposed for Cambridge North Station
Speed proven to be cause of Busway derailment
Cambridge Women honoured in Cycling UKs 100 Women in Cycling
Learn how to fix your bike like a pro - Outspoken Velotech Gold course
August Monthly meeting

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Weekly update - 30th June

Call to action! Milton Road Alliance petition for cycling and trees
Crashes due to excessive speed on Cambridge Guided Busway?
Cambridge Greenways consultations
August Monthly meeting
Summer stall events

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Crashes due to excessive speed on Cambridge Guided Busway?

We're concerned about the number of derailments on the Busway and the danger that they cause to people using the cycling and walking facilities alongside. Camcycle Trustee, Jim Chisholm, recently wrote to the County Council Busway Team to express our concerns about the speed that buses are travelling on the Busway.

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Call to action! Milton Road Alliance petition for cycling and trees

The Milton Road Alliance has launched a petition against the 'modified' City Deal plans that still squeeze out verges and cycle lanes.

You can also contact your local city and county councillors and let them know that you support trees and verges protecting people walking and cycling as shown in the original 'Do Optimum' plan!

There are also two meetings will determine the fate of Milton Road going forward:

Wednesday 19th July, 1 PM: The City Deal Assembly, Council Chamber at South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne.
Wednesday 26th July, 10 AM: The City Deal Executive Board, Council Chamber at the Guild Hall.

Spain to Norway on a Bike Called Reggie

Our guest speaker for our August meeting will be Andrew P. Sykes speaking about his cycling adventures and his latest book ''.

Andrew P. Sykes is a writer and cyclist. He is also a lover of those quirky, humorous travelogues that meander comically from one minor adventure to the next, and so writing about his own cycling adventures seemed the natural thing for him to do.

When not writing and travelling, Andrew edits a popular cycling website, CyclingEurope.org, where you will find more information about his journeys and cycling and travel in general. For more details, visit apsykes.com, the Cycling Europe on a Bike Called Reggie Facebook page, and follow Andrew on Twitter @CyclingEurope.

August monthly meeting. 1 August, 7.30pm for 8pm start. Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane.

Weekly update - 23rd June

Here's our cool weekly update to take you to the weekend.

Cycling at the Science Park
From 'City Deal' to 'Partnership' for Greater Cambridge
A call to action for the Chisholm Trail
Summer stall events

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Weekly update - 16th June

It's tempting to switch off and enjoy all this sunshine, but we have too much to do!

Now that we are through the elections we have to get back to our local campaigning and this week we need your help!

This week:

A call to action for the Chisholm Trail
Milton Road
New bike repair service wanted
Summer stall events

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A call for action to help the Chisholm Trail

Please send one email to show your support.

Decisions on the next stages of the Chisholm Trail are imminent with both the application to the Planning Inspectorate for improving the path over Coldham’s Common and the full planning application for all works between the agreed river bridge and Coldham’s Lane proceeding.

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