I have received a letter from Emma Murden, Project Manager Market Towns, Cambridgeshire County Council, dated 23 December to advise on the commencement of the construction on the measures associated with the A14 Village Traffic Calming Scheme, and those from the Huntingdon and Godmanchester Transport Strategy. Planned start date is 10 January 2005, with anticipated completion in 18 weeks.

The works covered are:

Cambridge Street/Road, West Street, London Road, Post Street, Tudor Road, Silver Street, Park Lane and the junction of the Causeway and Cambridge Road - with the EXCEPTION of the Post Street cycleway which is still to be determined.

Contract has been awarded to Wrekin Construction, Enterprise Road, Raunds, Northampton, NN9 6JE T: 01933 624 404

Works supervision: Atkins, Stanton Villas, Stanton House, Stanton Way, Huntingdon, PE29 6XL. T: 01480 423 390

We are advised the contractors will endeavour to minimise inconvenience but do ask for our forbearance during the works. Additional information from David Brace T: 01480 375 663.

The original information related to this scheme and the opportunity to comment in 2004 is repeated below.

HAVE YOUR SAY ON TRAFFIC CALMING PROPOSALS

In order for Godmanchester to benefit from the £2million available for villages between Brampton and Cambridge alongside the A14, you must contact the Town Council via the Town Clerk, Alan Welton by post or e-mail.

Please read the information carefully, then advise the measures you would like to see implemented.

UPDATE - EXHIBITION 13 JULY 2004 3PM-8PM

PEOPLE living in villages along the A14 between Brampton and Cambridge are being asked how they want to spend their share of a £2 million pot of money to traffic-calm their village.

The 21 villages are in line for a share of the money which the government has given Cambridgeshire County Council and partners to put in traffic calming measures in the villages ahead of major works to the A14.

The council’s Environment and Transport department along with partners WS Atkins, Wrekin and Ringway want to carry out the work over the next two years.

They are urging local people to tell their Parish Councils what they want to see happen in their village. Formal consultations and public exhibitions will be held later this year but the partners are seeking the views of local people informally from the start to begin to build up a picture of what each village needs.

Cambridgeshire County Councillor Shona Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport said:“The measures will not take traffic out of the villages but they will help to slow it and to reduce some of the noise and pollution which can really affect people’s lives.

“We also cannot promise speed cameras as the criteria for these are very specific and strict.

“We really need the input of people living in the villages.”

The money is ring-fenced for this section of the A14 which is the busiest in the county. The calming measures on offer will include a mix of physical engineering, interactive signs, road resurfacing and reduced speed limits.

Jill Smyth, (Marketing and Communications Coordinator- Environment and Transport, Cambridge County Council) advises "It is not a formal consultation as yet - we just want people to know what is being planned so they have a chance to put forward ideas for what they would like from the outset."