Mill Road - Mid October

The sewage work in Mill Road should be completed by mid-October, we are now promised. It was supposed to be only a six week project but Anglian Water discovered a further collapse which extended it by nine weeks.

Well, as with the Guided Bus, we are used to projects over-running...

Agree With Blair...

"If governments don't tackle deficits, the bill is footed by taxpayers, who fear that big deficits mean big taxes, both of which reduce confidence, investment and purchasing power...We should have taken a New Labour way out of the economic crisis: kept direct taxes competitive, had a gradual rise in VAT and other indirect taxes to close the deficit, and used the crisis to push further and faster on reform."

Other fun quotes found on ConHome.

Australia's Still Counting the Cost of AV

The results service is clicking away on the official website.

Bad News from the A14...Again

"Lorry jack-knifes on A14 - Motorists on the A14 faced delays after a lorry jack-knifed and shed its load of straw bales," reports the local News.

Putting a Sock in Heathcock

Ed's letter puts a 'rent-a-quote' in his place...

Non-doms are out of Lords

I WAS bemused by Geoff Heathcock’s call for the prosecution of Tory peers living abroad (Letters,August 17). I realise Lib Dems need no excuse for self-righteousness, but my local councillor fails to realise not only that non-domiciled peers were forced out of the Lords earlier this year, but also that there is nothing illegal about the non-dom status.

If Mr Heathcock needs educating about the concept of legality, I suggest as a case study the £2.4 million accepted by the Lib Dems from Michael Brown, a convicted fraudster who lived in Spain and was not even eligible to vote. They still haven’t paid it back.

Edward Turnham
Queen Edith’s Way
Cambridge

Another A14 Accident

From the Cambridge News... and a reminder that the local Lib Dems oppose widening this road.

Crash on A14 triggers lengthy tailbacks

A crash on the A14 has caused long delays for motorists. Two vehicles were in collision leaving the front of Peugeot car with extensive front end damage.

The smash happened just after 9am on the westbound carriageway at Godmanchester, closing one lane and triggering 20-minute delays for motorists.
There was congestion from the crash site at junction 24, A1198 to junction 26 at St Ives and the A1096.

No-one was reported injured and the road was cleared by 10.20am

Transparency, Taylor and Howell

Richard Taylor's blog carries an account of the recent East Area committee meeting. While much of local government can be characterised as being "as dull-as-ditchwater" this report shows how locally elected folk are trying to get things done for residents... even if the police have not yet worked out that they are accountable to the public.

"Cllr Howell has been pushing for an evidenced based approach, with speed surveys (conducted by automated black boxes on streetlights) conducted before and after action is taken by the police. Cllr Howell expressed concern that a plan agreed between city councillors, council officers and the police had not been acted upon."