Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Whittlesey Buttercross.
The following improvements are planned and due to complete before March 2025

o Remove phone box

o Reposition salt bin to alley way next to George Pub

o Remove bike rack outside Betfred

o Add a differing coloured tegula block every third block to highlight potential trip
hazard

o Assess integrity of all Buttercross columns for future works if necessary

o Refurbish benching & paint additional wheat stalks / black bike racks /
galvanised traffic signage / planters (where necessary)

o Assess drop bollards and replace as necessary; use lightweight lockable bollards
& locate storage unit adjacent to litter bin beside George Pub.
Remove temporary fencing once bollards are addresses.

I understand that there has been somewhat ‘Challenges’ along the A605 with traffic issues,
this happens regularly when North Bank is closed, plus the for never ending Traffic Lights on the Ralph Butcher Causeway (Bridge).

Councillors are on the case and are in contact with the revelant authorities.
They have been in liasion over the weekend to try and avoid some of the issues that is happening today.

Undoubtedly – Social Media – comes into play by updating residents/road users much more quickly than a web-blog can.

Full details can be found by visiting FDC Click Here

Full details can be found by visiting FDC Click Here

The WTC Office will be closed on Monday 30th September.

In the lead-up to the 2024/5 Fenland Poet Laureate Awards, free poetry workshops will take place in Whittlesey and Wisbech (on the theme of roots).

Participants will look at a series of poems relating to the theme of roots (where we are from). Inspired by these poems, we will map our childhood haunts and remember places that aren’t on the map! As we build lists of these places, gradually we will work towards creating poems from our roots maps. We’ll look at the ways in which we can utilise different poetic forms, such as the abecedarian to incorporate our place lists.

Teas, coffees and complimentary biscuits (the latter courtesy of landlord Adam) will be available at The Letter B, with an option to stay for lunch after the poetry workshop.

With thanks to Wisbech Town Council and Adam at The Letter B for providing free venues for these events.
Kind regards,
Elisabeth

Cllr Dee Laws and the Flood Warden Group are keeping us informed of local events.

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23 acre science district to bring 4,000 jobs to Cherry Hinton Cambridge

A new Cambridge science district at Cherry Hinton and set to bring provide 4,000 high-skill jobs has secured planning consent. Mission Street and BGO, a global real estate investment manager, received planning permission to deliver a 23-acre urban science district on land off Coldhams Lane, on the edge of Cherry Hinton.

See article by JE on CAMBSNEWS.co.uk Click Here ©

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The land within the red line is the land which we anCcipate will be included in the application for outline consent. The hectarages for the various different coloured areas are as follows:
Red line area – 32.5 hectares
Ecology area (green) – 14.8 hectares
Site with extant permission for B2/E (purple) – 4 hectares
Science park (yellow and pink) – 9.65 hectares
Lake – 2.8 hectare

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Documents relating can be found at FDC’s Planning Portal or Click Here