Comment

North East Cambridge Area Action Plan Issues and Options 2019

Representation ID: 33354

Received: 25/03/2019

Respondent: Mrs Barbara Taylor

Representation Summary:

Facilities - If insufficient facilities are developed there will be an impact locally. It has already been decided not to build a secondary school and to absorb the new pupils into existing schools. With such a large development, a new secondary school will be needed.

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My comments are in line with many other very concerned local residents:

I thoroughly support the development of social housing and affordable housing for local families and hope that the majority of housing will be for these people.

The Proposed Development will be Very Big - The population will be similar to that of Ely so it is a lot bigger than, say, Orchard Park. It is also planned to include high rise development and no limit has yet been put as to how high this will be.

Traffic Congestion - The top of Milton Road sometimes hits gridlock as it is, so the extra traffic does not bear thinking about. The planners have many worthy ideas to minimise car use on the development, but these are unproven. I am concerned about vehicle access to this site - there should be vehicle access from the A14 junction to take pressure off the Cowley Road and Fen Road access.

How does this development fit in with the Mayor's plan and the Ely to Cambridge Transport Study?

No Mention of CAM Metro - One year ago the mayor's consultants published indicative maps showing their proposed underground metro linking with Cambridge North/Science Park. How will this fit in with the new development?

Facilities - If insufficient facilities are developed there will be an impact locally. It has already been decided not to build a secondary school and to absorb the new pupils into existing schools. With such a large development, a new secondary school will be needed.

The Edges of the Development - The development borders on to disadvantaged parts of the city and it is not clear that these areas will be upgraded to deal with the new demands.

Developers and Implementation - We have seen how the Central Rail Station area has been developed and changed drastically from the original plans. Brookgate are the same developers for this new site. We don't want a duplicate of the CB1 area and the broken promises they were given.