Agenda

Attached is the latest A14 Parish Bulletin, covering September and October.

This bulletin is intended to provide you with updates on key site activities on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

To contact your section’s 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.

Below are details of this week’s planned closures, as part of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme. In addition to the closures below are details of other closures in the area on the A14 westbound between Girton (J31) and Spittals (J23), attached further details.

This week’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon closures;

Mon 16^th to Fri 20^th

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

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

Tue 17^th for one night

M11 southbound between A14 #Girton J31 & M11 southbound J14 Entry Slip Rd (9pm - 6am)

Sat 21^st for one night

A14 eastbound Histon J32 Exit Slip closed (8pm - 10am)

Other closures in area;

Mon 16^th to Fri 20^th

A14 westbound between Girton (J31) to Spittals (J23) & full M11 northbound road closure from J13 Madlingley (each night, 8pm - 6am).

A14 westbound will remain open for local traffic only between J31 Girton & J27 Fenstanton. The A1307 Huntingdon Road from Cambridge will also remain open so local traffic can join the A14 westbound.

A14 traffic will be directed west on the A428 towards St Neots, north on the A1 towards Peterborough and east on the A14 at Brampton Hut to re-join the A14 westbound at J23 Spittals.

M11 traffic will be directed to exit at J13 Madlingley and head west on the A1303 and A428 to join the strategic diversion route. M11 traffic wishing to join the A14 eastbound will be directed to turnaround at the A428 Hardwick Interchange and head east towards Cambridge.

For more details about this specific closure email info@highwaysengland.co.uk or call 0300 123 5000.

For questions about the A14C2H closures or scheme, just email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk.

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

Details of closures specific to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme are regularly updated on Facebook #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 the social media pages daily for updates.

We’re emailing to advise you of planned overnight closures on the A14 westbound between Girton and Huntingdon commencing on Monday 16 October until Saturday 28 October. These repairs are being undertaken by Kier on behalf of Highways England.

Full details can be found on the attached document.

Please do share this information and if you have any further questions about this specific closure, please don't hesitate to get in touch on 0300 123 5000 or email info@highwaysengland.co.uk.

Any other questions or queries relating to our A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, please email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk or contact your sections Stakeholder Manager.

Thursday 12 October: Express: Loneliness as harmful as diabetes, says top GP

The Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Helen Stokes-Lampard, said being lonely can be as bad for someone’s health as having a long-term illness.

Thursday 12 October: BBC Online: Young people “not engaged” in local elections

The Electoral Commission has warned that young people are not getting engaged in local council elections – despite an increased turnout at the general election.

Thursday 12 October: Mail Online: Fly-tipping fines

Councils have collected £773,000 after issuing 4,600 fixed-penalty notices to fly-tippers, ranging from £150 to £400, since they were given powers in May last year.

Monday 16 October: Mail Online: Town halls charge for waste collection

Sixty per cent of councils charge their residents to collect and dispose of garden waste, according to Freedom of Information requests by the Press Association.

Tuesday 17 October: Mail: Builders “sit on 400,000 unused plots”

Builders are “land-banking” 400,000 unused plots where homes could be built – enough to supply six years’ worth of housebuilding – research from housing charity Shelter reveals.

Wednesday 18 October: BBC Online: Coca-Cola says plastic bottle deposit scheme should be UK-wide

Coca-Cola says any plans for a plastic bottle deposit scheme should be UK-wide, MPs have heard.

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 Health and Wellbeing Portfolio Holder

AGREED       

A)   To note progress made in developing the scheme since February 2017.

B)   That Cambourne and Cottenham centres remain on review to give them opportunity to improve with a more stable structure in place.

C)   To support the future long term vision for the Active & Healthy 4 Life scheme.

D)   That an annual report is presented to the Portfolio Holder in the 1^st quarter following each year end.

This decision was first published on Friday 13 October and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 20 October. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 23 October.

The Health and Wellbeing Portfolio Holder

AGREED

A)   To note the evaluation of and feedback from Parklife 2017

B)   To ask councillors to recommend any businesses that could offer corporate sponsorship for the events

C)   To recognise the efforts of Council officers and employees from Cambridge Sports Lake Trust in making this event such a success

This decision was first published on Friday 13 October and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 20 October. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 23 October.

The Health and Wellbeing Portfolio Holder

AGREED

A)   To allocate staff time from within the Portfolio to develop a Parish Toolkit on Reducing Social Isolation.

B)   To support the allocation of £20,000 towards timebanking in 2017/18 on the understanding that this funding will be used commission a third party to support up to two parishes to establish new timebanking and evaluate the schemes.

C)   To use the existing budget to carry out a Faith Audit, in partnership with the Diocese of Ely, into Social Isolation Initiatives.

D)   To use existing resources to fund a two-year pilot of the Through the Door (social prescribing) Project with Granta Medical Practice.

This decision was first published on Friday 13 October and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 20 October. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 23 October.

The Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder agreed the following Community Chest funding:

This decision was first published on Wednesday 18 October and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 25 October at 5pm. If not called-in this item can be implemented on Thursday 26 October.

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