Origins of the Scheme: The request for a 20mph scheme stemmed from a unanimous request from the cross-party City of Ely Council. It was minuted at 8 different meetings in 2021/22.  A time-limited funding opportunity became available in 2023. Rationale for 20 mph: The primary motivation for implementing a 20mph scheme lies in enhancing pedestrian […]

Roadworks planned for Ely next week. The closures/interruptions may not occur for the whole of the period listed. Full details on https://one.network/

Planning applications have started including active travel routes, but they are so often poorly thought out or turn out to be ‘optional’ for the developers. It feels like so many active travel routes don’t link up to anywhere. Take the Leisure Village, the developers told me that they weren’t responsible for making sure their cycle […]

A new school and a new crossing to reach it. Sensible – but only if the crossing is in the right place. I welcome any measures that will improve road safety across the whole of Ely but particularly near schools and school routes. For months I have been campaigning for a crossing on Lynn Road  […]

Council services are all under pressure. Finances are tight and anyway to raise additional money is good. So charging for the use of the public conveniences will help ease the financial issues of the Council responsible for them. Right? Use of Conveniences after Charging There is no doubt that once a charge is imposed, there […]

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” (Benjamin Franklin 1706-90) and some say that the latter is more certain than the former. No one likes paying tax, but most people want things like education, defence, police, rubbish collections and street lighting, to name just a few. To pay […]

The pedestrian crossing on Kings Avenue went dark on 6th August (The Lights Go Out).  Once again, I had to contact Barratt Homes: “I assume that Barratt Homes are still responsible for the maintenance of the light controlled pedestrian crossing on Kings Avenue” A few days later I had a response from Barratt Homes: “Good […]

Tonight we asked a question at ECDC Special Council Meeting: “In view of the fact that Barratt Homes Northampton have failed to complete the works in the Kings Avenue area to the standard that will enable the CC to adopt the roads Will the Council please confirm that all future developments, including those currently planned […]

The lighting replacement programme for Ely is gathering pace, with more and more plans being released. The overall pattern is a 10% reduction in street lights, with plans to reduce hours that most lights operate. The plans for Ely are available at http://www.lightingcambridgeshire.com/new-lighting-programme.htm?street&town=Ely But those plans won’t affect much of Kings Avenue, Allen Road, Turner […]

The results of the election were perhaps a fair distance from the result we would all like to have seen, but that is the nature of democracy. There are always successes to look at and seeing 5 members of the Liberal Democrats elected to the City of Ely Council was a surprise.  Something that seems […]