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Local Highways Initiative

Every year the Parish Council Highways Committee submits an application to Cambridgeshire County Council for a Local Highways Initiative scheme. These schemes are jointly funded by the applicant (The Parish Council) and County Council.

The work completed recently on key footpaths was delivered under this scheme.

This Year’s Submission:

The Highways Committee will shortly be submitting an application to continue the works to improve the village footpath network.

The paths shortlisted for phase 2 include:

  • Greenleas to Clay Street (continuation from phase 1)
  • Narrow Close to Parlour Close
  • Doctors Close to Woodcock Close
  • School Lane leading to New Road
  • New School Road leading to Somerset Road
  • The Dole leading to New Road

A key element to the application is evidence supporting the need to re-surface the paths. If you have any comments or suggestions for these or any other footpaths, please email them to deputy.clerk@hisimp.net before the 29th July.

 

Works Notification – Footpath Resurfacing – Update

The footpath resurfacing is now underway with Saffron Road (New School Road to Saffron Road) and Greenleas now complete. The schedule for the remaining works is below:

  • Kingsway  – programmed Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th July
  • Pages Close – programmed Friday 13th July, Monday 16th July – Wednesday 18th July

Associated diversion routes can be seen here. Pages Close will be completed in sections allowing access for residents to be maintained at all times,  please be patient as there will likely be some delays whilst the area is made safe.

Unfortunately the Parish Council were not able to influence timings and although this work was originally scheduled for nearer the end of term, the contractors had to reschedule at late notice meaning not all residents could be advised of this impending work. The up-side is Histon and Impington are seeing great improvements to the footpath network.

In addition to the above, Histon & Impington Parish Council will also be installing a number of new cycle racks outside the Post Office and the local Co-Op.

 

Council Surgery and Police Crime Prevention Event

The Parish Council will be holding a Surgery for residents on Thursday 26th July 2018 from 4.30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Recreation Ground. We will be sharing the event with the Police who are putting on a Crime Prevention Event at the same time, through until 7.30 p.m. The Crime Prevention Event will focus on burglary and home security advice and will be run by Police experts in these fields.

Members of the Parish Council will be on hand to answer questions, take note of comments, and up-date you on the work of the Council.

PLEASE COME!

 

Works Notification – Footpath Resurfacing

Cambridgeshire County Council will be closing a number of footpaths in Histon and Impington from 0730 – 1830 from the week commencing 09/07/18, for roughly two weeks. For the duration of the works a local diversion route will be in place for pedestrians and cyclists.

As part of the 17/18 Local Highways Initiative process, Cambridgeshire County Council in conjunction with Histon & Impington Parish Council are making improvements to the following footpaths:

  • Saffron Road
  • Greenleas
  • Kingsway
  • Pages Close

More details of the areas we will be working in and the associated diversion routes can be seen here. Please note the improvements will be place to place along all the footpaths in question, picking up the worst areas and any remaining wherever possible.

In addition to the above, Histon & Impington Parish Council will also be installing a number of new cycle racks outside the Post Office and the local Co-Op.

 

Environment Committee Meeting May 2018

The Council’s Environment Committee met on 29 May with a largely procedural agenda at the start of the new 4 year life of Council.  Draft minutes can be seen here

Highlights of the meeting include:

Chair and Deputy Chair

The Committee was delighted that new Councillor Marcus Romer accepted the challenge of taking on the Chairmanship for 2018 – 19.   Councillor Pene Nudds was elected as Deputy Chair and looked forward to working with Marcus in bringing him up to speed with the wide ranging remit and plans of the Committee.

Management Plan

Members reviewed a working document produced following a series of workshops in the first half of 2018.  The plan was adopted and work will now commence on costing the projects and management plans in order to form a 5 year plan to take them forward.  The Committee has plans to share some of these ideas with residents at the Feast Market on 7 July

Article Photo: Cllr Marcus Romer, Chair Environment Committee

 

 

A14 Night Work Activities from 4th June – 4th July

We have received the following details of programmed night work from the A14 Integrated Delivery Team:

There will be two separate gangs employed

Gang no 1 – Earth works operation (This operation is linear operation and will move progressively from start to end point. Central Reserve Milton main line to Histon Junction

Phase 1a: to 9th June 2018

Location: Milton Junction to Kings Hedges under bridge

Phase 1b: 11th June to 12th June

Location: Kings hedges to Guided busway

Phase 1c: 13th June to 19th June

Location: Guided busway to Histon junction

All above operations consist of

  • Excavation of material from central reserve which is deposited at a stock pile
  • Back fill central reserve with capping material and then compacted.
  • Back fill central reserve with sub-base material and compact prior to surfacing material being placed.

Plant to be used

2 x Excavators

2x Dump trucks

1 x Excavator in the stockpile area at Kings Hedges

Tower lights

Rollers

Mitigation measures

  • Switching off Engine whilst plant not in use
  • Avoid dropping excavated material from height
  • Use of White noise reversing alarms

Gang no 2

Central Reserve Histon to Girton

Saw cutting and Earthwork Linear Operation moving west from Histon to Girton

Where possible to mitigate the noise generated by the floor saws. Temporary moveable acoustic barrier will be put in place to combat the noise generated by the floor saw during the cutting operation.

Phase 2a:  31stMay

Saw cutting existing edge of carriageway to central reserve

Phase 2b: 4th June to 4th July

Earth work operation

  • Excavation of material from Central reserve which is deposited at a stock pile
  • Back fill central reserve with capping material and then compacted.
  • Back fill central reserve with sub-base material and compact prior to surfacing material being placed.

Saw cutting equipment

4 no floor saws

4 no Vans

Water tankers which are fitted in the back of Transit Box vans.

Earth Work Plant to be used

2 x Excavators

2 x Dump trucks

1 x Excavator in the stockpile area

Tower lights

Rollers

Mitigation measures

  • Switching off Engine whilst plant not in use
  • Avoid dropping excavated material from height
  • Use of White noise reversing alarms
  • Use of moveable acoustic barriers

DLOA Operations (Repairs to existing surfacing)

This is where we are repairing the existing carriage way by removing the defective section and replacing it with good material.

This operation is located throughout the section from Milton to Histon.

Current planned work is w/c 4th June on westbound on slip at junction 32.

Other works will be dependent any necessary repairs and will be advised if and when required.

Plant used during this operation

Plainer

Paving machine

Roller

Road sweeper

Lorries passing or revising

Vans /cars

Mitigation measures

As per mitigation measure provided previously,

  • Switching off Engine whilst plant not in use
  • Avoid dropping excavated material from height
  • Use of White noise reversing alarms
  • During the period noise reading will be collected and shared with all parties.

 

Histon Road Consultation Launch

 

The Greater Cambridge Partnership has today, launched the consultation on proposals to improve Histon Road.

The consultation runs from Monday 21 May to Monday 2 July 2018. Brochures will be distributed throughout the Histon Road area including the villages of Histon & Impington, and the consultation is being widely advertised with the use of bus stops, flyers, posters and press releases to the local media. This also includes a social media campaign via Facebook and Twitter.

Information about what is being proposed, both the need for the scheme and benefits, as well as further information and how to have your say can be found on our website at: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/HistonRoadConsultation.

To compliment the online survey, paper surveys are also available within the brochures being distributed.

A range of local exhibitions are planned where members of the public will be able to discuss the scheme with technical offers. The arranged events are listed below:

Location Date Time Address
Saint Andrew’s Centre (Histon) Wednesday 30 May 2018 16:00 – 19:00 Saint Andrew’s Centre, School Hill, Histon, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9JE
St Augustine’s Church & Community Centre Wednesday 13 June 2018 16:00 – 19:00 St Augustine’s Church & Hall, Richmond Road, Cambridge, CB4 3PS
Chesterton Community College Tuesday 19 June 2018 17:00 – 20:00 Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY

If, as a stakeholder, you would like to discuss the options directly with a Project Team member, but are unavailable to attend any of the above events, please get in touch at contactus@greatercambridge.org.uk to arrange a telephone call or meeting.

 

Dangerous Trees

We have been informed by the landowner that those who use the bridleway from Park Lane Histon to Oakington across Meadow Farm should take care as the farmers have recently been informed in an arboricultural report that the trees are diseased and dangerous.

They advise walkers, usually with their dogs, should avoid walking under or near the trees and perhaps keep to the legal bridleway, in the interests of their safety. People could be seriously hurt by falling branches. The trees need to be felled and roots removed.

There is a tree preservation order on the trees and they are seeking a written “tree works order” from South Cambridgeshire District Council.

 

Waterbeach Waste Recovery Facility

Amey is proposing to develop a new waste treatment facility at its Waterbeach Waste Management Park.

Further to the initial planning application submitted in December 2017, new documents focusing on environmental information have been submitted and available to view and comment. The new additional environmental information documents are prefixed:

“SUBDOC2 2018 04 25 Regulation 22” (followed by their description)

The closing date is midnight on 29th May 2018.

If you wish to ask questions about the process for both the planning application and also the environmental permit, there is a drop-in event on:

Wednesday 16th May 2018

Between 4pm – 8pm

Landbeach Village Hall, Landbeach

Representatives from County Council, Environment Agency, and Public Health England will be in attendance.

 

 

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Tree across footpath behind Manor Park

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Christmas Tree Chipping event Saturday 8th January 2021