Your parish council are hosting a public meeting on Thursday, 17th March at 7pm in the main hall at Milton Community Centre with Andy Campbell, the Managing Director of Stagecoach East, and Philip Norwell, Commercial Director for Stagecoach East. This will be an opportunity for you to discuss the proposed changes to the bus services […]
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Interviewing Milton about the Bus Cuts
The Jeremy Sallis show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast live from the Humphries Way/Landbeach Road bus stop at 7am today (Tuesday 8/3) about the bus cuts and interviewed Richard Summerfield, chairman of Milton Parish Council, Cllr Hazel Smith, and villager Barry Moore who first brought this to the media’s attention. You can hear the segment […]
Parish Council and the Bus Cuts
Your parish council meets tonight and, as previously advertised here, they will be discussing the reduction of our daytime service and the complete loss of the evening service. However they won’t have a representative from Stagecoach as they declined the council’s offer to attend so a big audience isn’t needed for that (although feel free […]
Radio Cambridgeshire and the Bus Cuts
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire are broadcasting live from the Humphries Way/Landbeach Road bus stop at 7am tomorrow morning so if you are intending to take the bus into town from any stop in the village you might like to take a few minutes extra and walk up to that stop so that they can have a […]
Cambridge News and the Bus Cuts
On Saturday lunchtime a group of villagers gathered at very short notice to have their photo taken for an article Cambridge News are going to publish about the cuts to our bus services. Discussing the issue before the photographer arrives Sadly for those that turned out the article, which appeared on Monday, didn’t use that […]
Reduction to Bus Services
After the announcement that the County Council was axing its subsidy to unprofitable bus routes which we said at the time might affected the 9/X9 service there had been rumours flying around that our Citi 2 service (which isn’t a service subsidised by the County) might also be under threat. Local councillors, both City and […]
Bus Subsidies to be Axed
The County Council has provisionally decided to axe the £3,000,000 subsidy to bus services in the county which was previously set to be applied over the next four years. This will affect 57 routes including the 9/X9 service from Cambridge through Milton to Ely and points beyond. How much of an impact it will have […]
Guided Busway in use on Monday
A warning if you walk or cycle on the guide busway that buses will again be running on the busway between St Ives and Cambridge on Monday (10/1) so that the County Council can undertake a safety audit. Motorists, pedestrians and cyclists using roads that the busway join or cross, e.g. Milton Road, are also […]
Guided Busway in use on Thursday
A warning if you walk or cycle on the guide busway that buses will be running on the busway between St Ives and Cambridge on Thursday (16/12) so that the contractors can carry out final checks to traffic signals along the route. Motorists, pedestrians and cyclists using roads that the busway join or cross, e.g. […]
Local Fireworks Displays
Bonfire night is on a Friday this year and there are various displays you might want to go to. Milton School The big one in the village, run by the Milton School Association on their playing field, takes place on Friday night. Gates open from 6pm and the display starts at 6:45pm. This is aimed […]