Yahoo News Multi-million-pound Cambridgeshire busway scheme takes huge leap forward
A major travel scheme linking two towns in Cambridgeshire is moving forward. The Greater Cambridge Partnership has applied for a Transport and Work Act Order to the Department for Transport for a new busway, travel hub and path for walkers and cyclists linking Cambourne to Cambridge, it has been announced.
The submission follows four rounds of public consultation as well as extensive community and stakeholder engagement since 2015. Cambourne to Cambridge connects existing and new communities to the west of Cambridge with the city via the new Bourn Airfield development, Hardwick, Coton and the West Cambridge site. The new travel hub at Scotland Farm would be easy to access from the A428 and help car drivers switch to a bus before they hit congestion into the city.
Jo Baker, Greater Cambridge Partnership project manager, said: "Earlier today a Transport and Work Act Order was submitted to government for the Cambourne to Cambridge scheme. This follows many years of consultation and engagement on a project which we believe would give more travel choices, making it quicker, easier and more reliable to get to where people need to go.
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"The Department of Transport will look through the application and are highly likely to call for a public enquiry where interested parties will be able to present their views on the submission.”
An application has now been submitted to The Department of Transport and documents can be viewed online.
