Decision details

The Joint Assembly RECOMMENDED that the Executive Board:

(1)        Notes the accompanying Option Assessment Report, the further background papers containing the Outline Strategic Business Case, and the Map Appendix to the Report.

(2)        Agrees in principle that a wholly or partly segregated bus route between Cambourne and Cambridge, with the possibility of the potential for a segregated, cross country super cycleway running close to or through the key villages between Bourn Airfield and the M11 best meets the strategic objectives of the City Deal and the City Deal Agreement, given the wider economic benefits.

(3)        Instructs officers to undertake further appraisal on:

(a)       possible specific route alignments within Catchment Areas 3a and 4 (with the possibility of a bridge to the north of the existing M11 bridge), noting that both may connect with and potentially go through Cambridge West, in accordance with the scheme design criteria set out in Paragraph 12 of the report, and within established environmental and planning policies;

(b)        new Park & Ride locations 1, 2 and 3, as set out in Figure 3 of the report, and also Scotland Farm, via comparison.

(4)        Requests officers to:

(a)        Ensure designs for the Western Orbital bus route, the bus route through North West Cambridge to the Science Park, and the management of buses in the city centre fully integrate with this project.

(b)        Seek to deliver all these schemes as close in time as possible to the eastern section of the A428 Cambridge to Cambourne scheme.

(5)       Delegates to Cambridgeshire County Council’s Executive Director of Economy, Transport and Environment:

(a)        Authority to act on input from the A428/A1303 Local Liaison Forum, the Parish Councils and Residents’ Associations along Catchment Areas 3a and 4, interested members of the Joint Assembly and interested Councillors from the County, City and District Councils, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the City Deal Executive Board.

(b)        Responsibility to:

(i)         Identify specific route alignments within Catchment Area 3a and 4.

(ii)        Identify a Park and Ride location.

(iii)        Bring back the result of (i) and (ii) to the Joint Assembly and Executive Board for approval prior to release for public consultation.

(iv)       Undertake a public consultation on those specific route alignments and Park & Ride locations, planned for May to July 2017.

(v)        Subsequent to the above consultation, provide a report to the Joint Assembly and Executive Board, targeted for November 2017, containing a recommendation and Full Outline Business Case for a specific route alignment and one Park & Ride location that would then subsequently be developed in detail and an application made for Statutory Approval in 2018.