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Below are details of this week’s planned closures, as part of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

This week’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon closures;

Mon 20 for one day
Full closure Dry Drayton Rd over bridge (Mon 9:30am - Mon 8pm)

Mon 20 to Tue 21

A1 northbound between Brampton Hut & Alconbury (each night 9pm - 6am)

Mon 20 for one night

A14 eastbound between St Ives (J26) & Girton (J31), including A1307 inbound (9pm - 6am)

Tue 21 for one night

A14 westbound between Girton (J31) & Fenstanton (J27), including A1307 outbound (9pm - 6am)

Wed 22 for one night

A14 eastbound between St Ives (J26) & Girton (J31), including A1307 inbound (9pm - 6am)

Wed 22 to Thurs 23

A1 southbound between Alconbury & Brampton (each night 9pm - 6am)

Wed 22 to Fri 24

A1 northbound between Buckden & Brampton Hut (each night 9pm - 6am)

Thurs 23 for one night

A14 westbound between Girton (J31) & Fenstanton (J27), including A1307 outbound (9pm - 6am)

Fri 24 to Mon 28

A1 northbound Brampton Hut exit slip (Fri 9pm - Mon 5am)

Sat 25 for one night

A14 full closure eastbound & westbound between Fenstanton (J27) & Swavesey(J28), to remove A14 temporary bailey bridge (9pm - 6am). More details are shown in the next item in the Bulletin.

The official diversion route will be signposted and diversion maps are attached for our A1 and A14 closures. There are also variable message signs in place that will advise drivers of the upcoming closures.

We regularly update details of closures specific to our A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/a14c2h) and Twitter (@A14C2H) pages. You can also find our latest posts by searching #A14C2Hclosures.

For questions about the A14C2H closures or scheme, just email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk. For updates or information about closures not related to the scheme email info@highwaysengland.co.uk or call 0300 123 5000.

Please note - closures may be subject to change, so check out the social media pages daily for updates.

To contact your sections Stakeholder Manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.

Section 1 & 2:Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line

Jon Lewell - jon.lewell@thea14.com

Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey

Jade Pettit - jade.pettit@thea14.com

Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton

Bob Pettipher - bob.pettipher@thea14.com

A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times.

The temporary bridge over the A14 at Swavesey will be taken down this week, having played its part in keeping construction traffic away from the busy A14 during construction of Britain’s biggest road upgrade.

To carry out this work safely, the A14 will need to be closed between junctions 24 (Godmanchester) and 31 (Girton interchange) from 9pm to 6am as follows:

•               A14 westbound closure only on Tuesday 21 November

•               Full A14 closure in both directions on Saturday 25 November.

During the closures, clearly signed diversions will be in place. Drivers heading east will be diverted to take the A1198 to Caxton Gibbet, then the A428 to re-join the A14. Traffic heading west will follow this route in reverse (official diversion map attached).

Local traffic will still be able to continue eastbound on the A14 to reach junction 27 (Fenstanton) and exit, at which point the A14 will be closed. Similarly local traffic heading westbound will still be able to reach junction 28 (Swavesey) and exit.

Full details are also attached and if you have any further questions email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk or contact your areas stakeholder manager.

There are regular updates on closures specific to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme on Facebook (www.facebook.com/a14c2h) and Twitter (@A14C2H) pages. You can also find our latest posts by searching #A14C2Hclosures.

Please note - closures may be subject to change, so check out our social media pages daily for updates.

To contact your sections Stakeholder Manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.

Section 1 & 2:Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line

Jon Lewell - jon.lewell@thea14.com

Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey

Jade Pettit - jade.pettit@thea14.com

Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton

Bob Pettipher - bob.pettipher@thea14.com

A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times.

People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments). People in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or “bashes”).

This definition does not include people in hostels or shelters, people in campsites or other sites used for recreational purposes or organised protest, squatters or Travellers.

Where possible and to prevent double counting it would be helpful if you can provide the following information when notifying us of any rough sleepers:-

·         Their location

·         Gender

·         Age brackets (under 18/18-25/ 25 and over)

·         Nationality (UK National/ EU National/ Non-EU National)

Thursday 16 November: BBC Online: Housing associations reclassified as private to encourage building

Sajid Javid has announced that the Government will take housing associations’ debt from its balance sheet.

Thursday 16 November: BBC Online: Traveller site numbers “not being met”

Less than a third of the required number of traveller pitches in England have been build, according to Freedom of Information figures.

Thursday 16 November: Guardian: #OurDay 2017

On Tuesday 21 November, council employees, councillors and volunteers will use #OurDay to showcase the work they and their colleagues do.

Friday 17 November: Telegraph: Javid calls on Hammond for housing budget

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has called for a “giant leap” in the number of new homes being built. It comes despite latest figures showing 217,350 additional homes were built in England last year.

Friday 17 November: Guardian: Hammond urged to invest £7bn for new towns

The National Infrastructure Commission is calling on Philip Hammond to earmark £7 billion for new transport links covering Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes.

Friday 17 November: Metro Online: Report calls for end to borough and district councils

A think-tank has called for 201 district and borough councils in England to be abolished and their powers handed over to county councils.

Saturday 18 November: Telegraph: Council using private companies to crack down on litter

A Telegraph investigation claims around one in seven councils in England responsible for issuing fixed penalty notices has now handed powers over to private companies.

Sunday 19 November: Sunday Times: Hammond pledges to build 300,000 homes a year

Philip Hammond will announce plans to build 300,000 homes a year in the week’s Budget.

Tuesday 21 November: Guardian Online: Opinion: Give councils more borrowing powers to build

The LGA’s Housing spokesman Cllr Martin Tett’s recent call for the Government to allow councils to borrow to build in the Autumn Budget features in an editorial by Darren Baxter of the IPPR think-tank.

Wednesday 22 November: Independent Online: Flagship new housing plan fails to deliver a single home in three years

The Government’s Starter Homes policy, announced in 2014, has failed to deliver a single home, analysis by the Independent has found.

Wednesday 22 November: Mail: London’s rich “pay less council tax than family in Wiltshire”

Residents in central London are paying less council tax than families in Wiltshire, according to a Mail investigation.

A list of decisions currently within the call-in period is available on the Council’s website.

The call in procedure is set out in full in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, ‘Scrutiny and Overview Committee Procedure Rules’. 

The Leader

AGREED        to approve a community-led development grant fund of £4,500 to Cottenham Community Land Trust.

This decision was first published on Friday 17 November and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 24 November. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 27 November.

Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/content/access-information