From a news release from the City Council dated 21 July 2016 … Christmas trees collected from Cambridge homes have been given a new lease of life – as soil improver which residents can collect for free. After Christmas last year, Cambridge City Council shredded 12 tonnes of Christmas trees collected from households. The trees […]

The City Council is consulting on planned improvements, as below, tell them what you think .. Consultation runs from 31 May 2016, 8:00am to 1 July 2016, 11:59pm A small sum of the total for landscaping remains, and the final priority is to improve the main Coleridge Road entrance to the park. One of the […]

No-one can say that this is the most attractive place for young children to play in Romsey at the moment, and there is no doubt that it has been misused in the past, which does not add to its charms. But all is about to change! The line of the Chisholm Trail, that cyclists’ north-south […]

Councillor Catherine Smart answers a request for more information. Exactly how much to put in a leaflet is always a balance. Some people want all the details but most will be put off by close lines and small print. Recently I was asked to justify a claim made in a leaflet about fighting for better […]

As most people who use the road will have noticed, the work on the street-lights’ replacement programme in Coldhams Lane has been stopped for some time. The County Council’s contractor, Balfour-Beatty, replaced some lights but not all then seemed to disappear. Councillor Catherine Smart contacted Balfour-Beatty to ask what was happening and when the task […]

A NEW ten year plan that will shape the future of one of Cambridge’s most popular open spaces is set to be approved by councillors at the Community Services Scrutiny Committee on 17 March. Coldham’s Common is a designated local nature reserve and one of the city’s largest open spaces that is enjoyed by residents and visitors […]

The City Council has schemes that allocate grants to local projects which can be proposed by groups or by Councillors. Community Development Grants. This scheme allocates money for projects which help reduce inequality or in some way assist people who would otherwise struggle. There is a “Help and support session” for anyone to go and […]

Those going down Cromwell Road in the last few days may have missed seeing the line of silver birches outside Pym Court, the new development nearest to Coldhams Lane.   But they would also have noticed a line of newly planted trees in their place. Earlier this year a resident told me that she was very […]

East Area is one of the City Council’s four local committees that bring City and County Councillors together to look at local issues. There is more information on the City website here. The following notes of the last meeting on 29th October 2015 were provided by Romsey Councillor Catherine Smart  Ward Blitz in Romsey in December. […]

A message from the Friends of Cherry Hinton Brook … This is World Rivers Day and Rivercare are encouraging the local groups they support, including us, to hold events. RiverCare encourages local communities to take pride in their environment and come together to maintain and enhance this for future generations and have provided us with lots of equipment. So we […]