campaign-updates

Had enough of this ↑↑↑↑↑ ??? The Greater Cambridge Partnership is running the consultation currently underway to decide the future of our street. Maybe you missed out on the February workshops this week? Here are details of the other opportunities during March to have your say and be part of the outcome: Date Time Where… Continue reading March public meetings – make your voice heard!

Last month we reported on our survey of local parents’ views on school travel. Nearly three quarters rated low levels of traffic on Mill Road is “important” or “very important”. We also asked those parents whether their kids use Mill Road to get to school or not. Of those families whose kids’ route to school… Continue reading Safety parents #1 concern on Mill Road

400 local parents respond to school journeys survey Enabling safe active travel is particularly important for young people. Childhood obesity is becoming endemic, with associated negative health impacts that affect children for the rest of their lives. Enabling walking and cycling has a positive impact on youngsters’ physical and mental health, and forms good habits which persist into adulthood.… Continue reading Local parents want safe active travel routes to schools, including on Mill Road

Mill Road for People is delighted to hear that the mayor, Nik Johnson, is supporting the reintroduction of the bus gate on Mill Road bridge, subject to consultation. We believe a bus gate is an essential component of an improved Mill Road and also of a coherent city-wide traffic management plan. In addition, the government… Continue reading Mayor backs low traffic Mill Road

Mill Road 4 People volunteers have been knocking on doors in Petersfield to find out what people think about traffic on Mill Road. So far we’ve spoken to 112 households in Devonshire Road and Gwydir Street. A significant majority of the people we talked to were supportive of a low traffic Mill Road, and wanted… Continue reading What do residents think?

Finally we’ve got around to pulling together all the positive ideas and comments that we’ve been sent. You can read those at https://millroad4people.org/ideas/. And we’ll be contacting all our supporters shortly about a creative ideas-fest that’s going to be happening soon… We’re inspired by the idea that Crowds have Wisdom – that the collective opinion… Continue reading The Wisdom of Crowds

We’re overwhelmed by all the constructive responses we’ve had to our goals and ideas. Thank you ♥♥♥ We’d also like to thank all those people who’ve sent us their own ideas. We’ll collate and publish those soon, but there are a lot of them, so please do forgive the delay! Meantime keep them coming: you… Continue reading Thank you!