Comment

Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan

Representation ID: 54508

Received: 05/10/2020

Respondent: Cambridge Cycling Campaign

Representation Summary:

We support that this centre has been located on a key cycling and walking route. However, we note that plans for development of St John’s Innovation Park, submitted in August and September 2020, already threaten the delivery of the district’s vision with two car barns (rather than one) and substandard walking and cycling connections. Priority should be given to people walking and cycling on this part of Cowley Road, as elsewhere in the site, with improvements made to the Jane Coston bridge and its approaches to allow for the increase in cycle and foot traffic which the new district will bring. Phasing of employment and residential build-outs, along with supporting services and infrastructure, will be key to realising the ambitious goals for sustainable transport.

Full text:

We support that this centre has been located on a key cycling and walking route. However, we note that plans for development of St John’s Innovation Park, submitted in August and September 2020, already threaten the delivery of the district’s vision with two car barns (rather than one) and substandard walking and cycling connections. Priority should be given to people walking and cycling on this part of Cowley Road, as elsewhere in the site, with improvements made to the Jane Coston bridge and its approaches to allow for the increase in cycle and foot traffic which the new district will bring. Phasing of employment and residential build-outs, along with supporting services and infrastructure, will be key to realising the ambitious goals for sustainable transport.