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Welcome to new councillors
We are delighted to welcome four new councillors to the Parish Council. They are: Amy Burbidge, Anne
Howell-Jones, Andrew Pye and Rick Screaton. Our new councillors come from a variety of professional
backgrounds and their knowledge has already proved very useful in council activities. We would still
dearly like to have a councillor from Diddington so, if you live in Diddington and think that you might be
interested, please contact the Chair, Fiona Shirley, or the Clerk.
Just to remind you – contact details for all councillors can be found on our noticeboards and on our
website.
No holiday for the Transport Working Group
Although the Parish Council did not have a meeting in August, our Transport WG were kept very busy
with reading, analysing and responding to an inordinate amount of information relating to the A14, as
Highways England moves towards a formal planning application.
The Parish Council has consistently argued for a retention of the viaduct in Huntingdon and for the con-
struction of a much cheaper, 4 lane road. We feel that we have now lost this argument and, with other
groups, remain very concerned about the potential for increased congestion in the area around Hun-
tingdon station/Hinchingbrooke.
One of our concerns is that the ‘borrow pits’, where gravel will be excavated to be used in the construc-
tion, would be a bar to a future A1 by-pass. However, it is currently planned that the materials from the
viaduct will be used to fill the borrow pits, which is good news for us.
Our working group is now focusing on mitigating problems during the construction phase.
Communication from Cambridgeshire County Council
We are kept very well informed of Cambridgeshire County Council work by our councillor, Julie Wisson.
However, the council has also decided to send a bi-monthly summary of key council decision and ac-
tions that residents will be interested in. We will put these briefings on the
Roundabout website
under
the Community tab
.
Hedges
It’s time to get out those hedge cutters, particularly if you have a hedge or trees that overhang a pave-
ment or alley way. Pavements must be sufficiently wide for a buggy/wheelchair to pass comfortably so
please, get chopping.
…..and footpaths
There is evidence that some of our footpaths are being used by horse, bicycle and even motorcycle rid-
ers.
If you fall into this category, would you please stop doing this.
Footpaths are for walkers only. Any
other use churns up the paths and leads to subsidence and ankle wrenching holes, making footpaths at
best impassable and at worst, dangerous.
Any questions or comments on this report can be addressed to the Parish Clerk John Chase, Clerk to
Buckden Parish Council, Buckden Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden PE19 5UY, Telephone (01480)
819407, Email
clerk@buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk
Do not forget our website at
www.buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk
The next meeting of the
Parish Council, including a 15 minute Public Forum will be held on Tuesday 13th Octo-
ber 2015 starting at 7.30pm
in the Village Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend and raise
any Buckden related issues.
If required, the
Parish Council’s Planning Committee
will meet on
Tuesday 13th and Tuesday 27th October
starting 7pm. Agendas for the meetings are posted on the Parish Council notice boards not later than the Satur-
day preceding the meeting