For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Camcycle is encouraging the Mill Road community to share positive visions for the future of the street through a new campaign called Mill Road 2021. The charity would like to hear of the ways the road could be celebrated and shaped into an even better place to shop, travel and spend time together when the
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After a hard year of lockdowns, social distancing and cancelled events, it’s time to begin to imagine what Mill Road could look and feel like in 2021, as vaccines are rolled out and the risk of Covid-19 subsides. Let’s meet friends again for coffee, visit our favourite shops, chat with neighbours in the street
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Why has the bridge been closed to private motorised through-traffic?
The government has made it clear in statutory guidance that local authorities are expected “to make significant changes to their road layouts to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians. Such changes will help embed altered behaviours and demonstrate the positive effects of active travel.”
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Mill Road can and should be a thriving and safe place to shop and visit. Camcycle supports the measures on the street which have been installed as part of the county council’s experimental walking and cycling programme to tackle urgent issues of public health and support the rebuilding of the local economy. We welcome the
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Camcycle supports the temporary walking and cycling schemes approved by local authorities to tackle urgent issues of public health and support the rebuilding of the local economy. The initial changes on Mill Road have opened up more space for those walking, cycling or using mobility scooters to visit local businesses as over 50% of restaurants,
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Camcycle acknowledges and supports the recently released County Council plan to safeguard public health using an experimental bus gate and multiple pavement expansion schemes on Mill Road. The road is an important community hub and retail area; however, it lacks adequate pavement space to facilitate the social distancing required by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new
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Mill Road bridge will be closed to motor traffic for eight weeks from Monday 1 July and the local community is determined to ensure the street remains open over the summer months. Residents, traders and local councillors are working together on a programme of events and community activities under the name ‘Mill Road Summer’ to
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Following the public meeting in which representatives from Network Rail and Govia Thameslink told the local community that “nothing was a done deal” in terms of the proposals for Mill Road bridge, Camcycle has reiterated their call to enhance rather than divide this unique Cambridge destination.
Responding to concerns from residents and traders about the
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In our latest Camcycle newsletter, we wrote an article presenting our vision for Mill Road, inspired by the recent closure to through traffic of a section of the road to repair a sinkhole. While the road was closed to through traffic, calm and tranquillity broke out. You could hear people talking across the street.
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