Proposals to relocate the Newmarket Road Park & Ride site are due to be discussed by the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Joint Assembly.

Along with the potential Park & Ride move, plans to improve Adams Road - as well as streets and paths in the villages of Coton and Barton - have also been set out in the papers published today.

There will also be discussion on a ‘design toolkit’ to ensure the Greenways are pleasant routes to walk, wheel and cycle along.

The Joint Assembly will meet on 12 September ahead of a meeting of the Executive Board - the GCP’s decision making committee - in October.

Cambridge Eastern Access

Members will consider a report outlining the proposed relocation of the Newmarket Road Park & Ride to a new and expanded travel hub to replace the current P&R site.

The suggested location referred to as Site P1, immediately south of Newmarket Road and east of Airport Way, was the most popular among respondents to a public consultation in 2022 and it has been put forward as the preferred option.

It follows further traffic modelling and data collection which was requested by the GCP’s Executive Board in September 2023.

The proposals form part of the Cambridge Eastern Access project which aims to significantly improve walking, cycling and public transport journeys to the east of the city, giving more people more choices over how they travel.

Greenways

Members will be asked to consider proposals to carry out early works on Adams Road in Cambridge and in Coton village to make walking and cycling safer following engagement with residents earlier this year.

This work - which forms part of the Comberton Greenway linking Comberton, Coton and Cambridge with a spur to Hardwick - would include traffic-calming measures and landscaping.

The community will be able to learn more on the updated designs at a drop-in event to be held on 10 September in Coton Village Hall and through information to be distributed to residents.

The report contains proposals to improve road safety in Barton with the construction of a new zebra crossing and the expansion of a 20mph zone. Works are already underway to widen the existing path along the Barton Road between the Haggis Farm Roundabout and the city.

The GCP has also published the ‘Greenways Green and Blue Infrastructure’ (GBI) strategy in the report. This is to ensure the designs are sensitive to the different landscapes and communities the 12 routes will travel through, while enhancing them wherever possible.

The Greenways are a network of 12 new routes being developed by the GCP to make it safer and easier to walk and cycle between Cambridge and surrounding villages.

You can read the papers on Cambridgeshire County Council's website.

The Joint Assembly meeting, which is being held at the Guildhall in Cambridge from 2pm, will be streamed live on our YouTube channel. For more information about our transport projects visit www.greatercambridge.org.uk.