Cambridgeshire Council reports to Government on additional highways funding
Councillors at the Cambridgeshire Highways and Transport Committee have heard about the changes the council has made to Highways Maintenance, which have delivered improvements over the past year. In June, Cambridgeshire County Council responded to a request by the Department for Transport (DfT) for local highway authorities to produce detailed transparency reports on maintenance activities, […]
Cambridgeshire councillors approve 20mph schemes to enhance road safety
New applications for 20mph schemes have been agreed by Cambridgeshire County Council’s Highways and Transport Committee. Local community groups and Parish and Town Councils were invited by the council to apply for funding to introduce 20mph speed limits in their areas, to make streets safer for residents and encourage active travel. £160,000 has been allocated […]
Cambridgeshire Local Highways Improvement scheme receives record levels of funding
Councillors in Cambridgeshire will be asked to approve 120 projects, which enable communities to make highway improvements across the county at the Highways and Transport Committee on Tuesday 14 October. The Local Highways Improvement (LHI) programme has been boosted by an additional £850,000 of funding agreed earlier this year, bringing the total investment for the […]
Cambridgeshire: Overrunning roadworks lead to £500,000 in fines
Companies in Cambridgeshire have been fined almost £500,000 for overrunning or non-compliant roadworks, which caused delays and inconvenience to motorists, a council said. Cambridgeshire County Council said during the past year it had processed more than 32,000 street and roadwork permits, regulating when and how works could take place, says the BBC. It said that […]
Detailed transparency report on highways maintenance published
Cambridgeshire County Council has issued a response to a request by the Department for Transport (DfT) for local highway authorities to produce detailed transparency reports on maintenance activities to secure additional funding. Under the new requirements, 25% of the £500 million additional maintenance funding from Government for 2025-26 is contingent on authorities publishing reports by […]
Latest Active Travel plans approved by Cambridgeshire councillors
Cambridgeshire County Councillors at the Highways and Transport Committee have heard about the progress on active travel schemes around the county and accepted more than £4m of additional funding from the Combined Authority and Active Travel England (ATE). In recent years, the council has delivered active travel schemes across the county through more than £2m […]
A14: National Highways and Cambridgeshire disagree about need to monitor ‘sinking bridge’
Cambridgeshire County Council and National Highways have expressed differing views on whether or not monitoring equipment is required on an apparently sinking bridge over the A14. A year after the issue was first reported, the Council say that National Highways has stillnot installed monitoring equipment to discover the rate of movement and inform repairs at […]
Consultation opens on proposed A10 road crossing
Residents are being invited to have their say about a proposed new crossing of the A10 bypass, to the southwest of Ely, where it connects with the A142 Witchford Road. A public consultation on the proposals opens today, Wednesday 22 January 2025 from 12.00pm midday, and closes at 11.59pm on Wednesday 5 March 2025. The […]
Extra active travel funding for Cambridgeshire
An extra £1.1m worth of funding from Active Travel England, Active Travel Fund 4, for Cambridgeshire will be discussed next week at the Highways and Transport Committee (Tuesday, 23 July). A bid made by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority for more schemes under the Active Travel Fund 4 extension was successful and if agreed […]
Road reconstruction projects underway across Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council is to tackle peat soil affected roads as part of the biggest investment in highways maintenance for over a decade. As part of the budget proposals agreed earlier this year, the council will invest £43m over the next two years into highways. This will be to deliver improvements which both repair and […]