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Camcycle is delighted that the first phase of the Chisholm Trail has been opened. Contractors finished up on 23 December and a low-key opening ceremony took place in the afternoon. Jim Chisholm cut the ribbon at the Abbey-Chesterton bridge with Cllrs Dave Baigent and Neil Gough from the Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board and Cllr
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Stourbridge Common and Ditton Meadows were connected again when the new jetty link by the river Cam opened at the end of April. The jetty runs beneath the existing railway bridge and the new Abbey-Chesterton bridge which will form part of phase one of the Chisholm Trail, the walking and cycling route which will traverse
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The Newmarket Road underpass, an important link in the Chisholm Trail, will be installed later this month. Following the lifting into place of the Abbey-Chesterton bridge last autumn, this is the next key milestone as work on the transformational walking and cycling route continues.
To enable construction to be carried out safely, the installation
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Following our campaigning with local groups last year, Camcycle is pleased to see significant improvements for cycling in proposals for new development near Cambridge station. However, we are still concerned that the plans don’t do enough to protect the route of the Chisholm Trail, provide for expansion of cycle parking facilities and ensure safe
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Following reports that the cost of the Chisholm Trail has risen by around £7 million from the original budget, Camcycle supports calls for a clear understanding of how local authorities manage transport projects, and a fuller public disclosure of what has caused the cost overruns. We understand that the collapse of Carillion and the Covid-19
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The 40m span of the Abbey-Chesterton bridge was lifted into place across the River Cam in the early hours of Sunday morning, a significant milestone in the progress of the Chisholm Trail. When complete, the Chisholm Trail will be a new mostly traffic-free route stretching right across the city, from the business parks and communities
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A major planning application for two proposed buildings at Cambridge station was refused today at the city council’s planning committee after over four years of campaigning by Camcycle and other local groups including Smarter Cambridge Transport and South Petersfield Residents Association. Councillors voted 5 to 2 to reject proposals put forward by Brookgate and Network
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Camcycle warns that new buildings at Cambridge Station proposed by developer Brookgate will threaten the safety of cyclists using the Chisholm Trail if approved this week by the city council. We have long campaigned for a safe, segregated route through the station area to link up the northern sections of the walking and cycling trail
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The lorries which held each section of the Abbey-Chesterton bridge may have only been supporting around 40 tonnes at a time but carried a huge weight of expectation in the local community. Support is high for the Chisholm Trail, a route two decades in the making and hotly anticipated by those keen to walk
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The Chisholm Trail is a new walking and cycling route which will connect up the city’s two rail stations and the north and south sections of the Busway cycleway. It will provide a direct, mostly off-road route across the city and a new link between East Chesterton and Abbey wards as well as improved access
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