Labour’s Contract with Cambridge SAFER
Work with police to tackle antisocial behaviour in the city centre and your area
Implement a citywide residential area 20mph speed limit after full consultation
Safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists
FAIRER
Build more affordable homes
Let local groups run community facilities
Tackle fuel poverty & insulate more homes
Target council tax benefit at most needy
Pay a ‘Cambridge Living Wage’ starting at a minimum of £7.20/hour
Give a fair deal to tenants and campaign to end double inflation rent rises
CLEANER
Clean dirty residential streets
Provide more litter bins and dog bins
Enforcement to tackle dog fouling
Ensure road drains are flushed regularly
Help residents clear snow and ice
Fix pavements and cycleways
GREENER
Recycle all plastic containers in Blue Bins
Restore full-time Cycling Officer
Start Energy Co-Operative for cheap energy
Provide green spaces in areas without any
Install more public seating for older people
... and more PROSPEROUS
More jobs for young people via a new ‘Jobs and Skills Partnership’
Preferential rents for business start-ups
Revamp neglected Market Square
Give everyone a say in the new Cambridge Local Plan, 2014-2031
Work towards one Cambridge area council, replacing three inefficient bureaucracies
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Margery says “I would like to thank all of the people who voted for me. I am keen to start the job and take on the issues that you raised with me.”
Margery Abbott grew up in East Chesterton and attended local schools.
“I believe I really understand the issues that concern local people” says Margery.
“I know that the people in East Chesterton are suffering with the increase in the Cost of Living and the shortage of jobs especially for young people. I will do my very best to support you.” More
Many residents have complained to us about the dog fouling in East Chesterton and especially on the Green Dragon Bridge.
Labour are pushing for far better enforcement against dog owners who let their dogs foul.
It is now over two years since the Lib Dems promised to put in new facilities on Pye’s Pitch, by the new Riverside Bridge. So far there is no sign of the 2 football pitches, cricket pitch and changing rooms. Margery Abbott is demanding to know why nothing has been done and when these badly needed local facilities will be put in.
Our area has now lost 3 pubs in recent years. Labour is fighting for better protection for these vital community facilities in the planning process.
Why have the Lib Dems taken away £27,000 of funding for community More
Labour secured funding for the very popular hanging baskets in the High Street at the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee meeting,
Margery Abbott said “Many have people have told us how important these flower decorations are,”
Let us know what you think should happen to the old Shirley School site:
- Housing
- Community Use
- Education
If this site is not handled well , it could blight the area
County Councillor Tariq Sadiq, Labour Group Leader, is launching ‘Puddle-Watch’ to persuade the County Council to repair roads, pavements and drains across Cambridgeshire.
He recently got the County Council to fix a long-running problem in Radegund Road in his Coleridge ward where some residents had suffered years of having to wade through pools of water outside their homes because the drainage was completely inadequate. He also recently had some road junctions repaired on Cherry Hinton Road after a wheelchair user had contacted him about getting stuck on uneven junctions.
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Thank you to all the people who attended the meeting on Fen Road at Shirley School. The frustration of years of inaction was very clear. We will keep the pressure on the Lib Dem City Council and Conservative Cambridgeshire County Council to deliver on the priorities from the meeting:
- Second access road for Fen Road out to Milton Road
- Immediate Steps to improve safety
We also pushed the police to prioritise Anti-social driving on Fen Road.
Pressure from Councillor Gerri Bird has woken the City Council up to the concerns and at last we are seeing some More
The Tory / Lib Dem Government are hurting low income working families in East Chesterton
- adding a whopping 8.3% rent increase for Council Houses this April, making a staggering 16.4% in just two years, when most wages are frozen
—plus similar rent increases pushed onto Hundred Houses, Cambridge Housing and Granta Housing Association tenants too
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Councillor Gerri Bird has been contacted by parents who are very concerned about the school traffic around Nuffield Rd and Laxton Way. Local police are working on this and keeping in contact with Gerri.
“ Dangerous behaviour including double parking and vehicles on the pavements are the problem.” says Gerri “Combined with traffic from the businesses in Nuffield Road, this is an accident waiting to happen.”
Speeding traffic in streets like Fen Road have been the Number 1 concern for residents in the area.
Councillor Gerri Bird is organising a petition calling for changes to the Traffic Calming on Fen Road and for CCTV cameras. Currently the speed bumps are being avoided by driving down the middle of the road or mounting the pavement.
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