County Council appoints new Service Director for Transport and Connectivity
Jamie Cooke has been appointed as Cambridgeshire County Council’s new Service Director: Transport and Connectivity. He will be joining Cambridgeshire from the London Borough of Newham, where he is currently Acting Corporate Director, Environment and Sustainable Transport and was previously the Council’s Director of Highways, Transportation and Parking. He brings with him a wealth of […]
Bus operator issues warning to passengers following smartcard scam
Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire’s largest bus operator has issued a warning to passengers following an online scam that claims to offer discounted travel. Fraudulent promotions have appeared on social media featuring images of Stagecoach buses, along with other operators across the UK, claiming that passengers can purchase a smartcard for just £2 that is valid for six […]
National Highways hails safety boost for A47
Work has got underway on improvements to the A47 designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the strategic road network. The safety scheme features the installation of 20 new average speed safety cameras and associated signage along the A47 between Peterborough […]
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 […]
Cambridgeshire busway to significantly increase capacity
A major investment in Cambridgeshire is set to be made that will significantly raise capacity and also increase the frequency of buses on the Busway to up to every 10 minutes on both sides of the track in peak times. Stagecoach East, the county’s largest bus operator, will see enhanced Busway services that will provide […]
Police collaborate on abnormal load movement
Seven police forces in the East have teamed up with the Metropolitan Police in an effort to coordinate the movement of abnormal loads through their counties, and to the edge of the capital, making it easier for hauliers to plan their journey movements outside of embargoed times. The borders between the forces, Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, […]
National Highways to hand old A14 to Cambridgeshire County Council
The old stretch of the A14 between Swavesey and Huntingdon will be officially handed over from National Highways to Cambridgeshire County Council next week. From Thursday, 8 February, the transfer process will be complete, and the county council will be officially responsible for maintaining this section of the highway. This will include any maintenance such […]
Work gets underway on A428 scheme
Upgrades to the Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet route on the A428 across the border between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire have started. The £1 billion scheme will create a new 10-mile dual carriageway and numerous junction improvements, transforming journeys between the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire and A428 Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire. Walkers, cyclists […]
Clearview renews solar studs on Cambridgeshire’s guided busway
Highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence has successfully renewed safety delineation technology on the Cambridge guided busway between Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives. The busway, which is the longest of its kind in the world, offers an alternative to congested roads for bus passengers, cyclists and pedestrians. It requires clear lighting at night to […]
Cambridgeshire pioneers use of City Science’s Cadence 247 Incident Management system
Cambridgeshire County Council is using a new high-tech incident management solution called Cadence 247, which is designed to speed up the reporting of road incidents and help reduce delays. Under a Gov Tech Challenge fund, City Science reviewed the Cambridgeshire County Council Traffic Management Centre team’s end-to-end process for tracking and managing incidents on the […]
