Since 2012, Library Service has saved £2.5m but now needs to save a further £0.5m. Previously, savings have been made from back office support, management costs, a more self-service approach, some service reductions and other efficiencies across the service. Now, they have to make some tough decisions and they are asking people for their opinions […]
Tag: county council
Cuts to School Crossing Patrol
As we’ve reported here previously is proposing to save £171,000 from their budget by cutting school crossing patrols all across the county. Parents and councillors in Milton were informed by letter in December 2015. The county council have offered two alternatives, both of which require local funding or local management of the service. Ivana Devine, […]
New Railway Station Delayed?
The new railway station between Milton and Chesterton is now unlikely to open before May 2017 according to Ian Manning, county councillor for East Chesterton. The £44m north city station was due to open in December 2015, but was put back to May and then to December 2016. Cllr Manning believes the opening will now […]
Yet More Cuts to Services
In the wake of the plans we previous posted where propose, among other things to scrap school crossing patrols and mobile libraries across the county here’s some more proposals they’re suggesting as part of their battle to reduce their outgoings in the face of the government’s austerity programme. This time it’s Children, Families and Adult […]
Community Gritting Scheme
‘s Community Gritting scheme allows people like you to step in during extended periods of freezing weather to clear routes in your area that are not part of the County Council’s gritting programme for footways. The County Council’s insurance will covers anyone who undertakes footway gritting as long as they meet the following criteria: They […]
More Cuts to Services
As continue with their battle to reduce their outgoings in the face of the government’s austerity programme they have now published their proposals for Economy, Transport and Environment in Cambridgeshire. You can find the full version here but the headline bullet points are as follows (with our highlighting of items likely to be of particular […]
Abbey – Chesterton bridge
Hopefully you are already aware of a proposal for a new bridge over the Cam parallel with and close to the railway to complete the missing link when the Chisholm Trail is completed. The proposed bridge will sit as close as possible to the existing railway bridge and the trail that connects to it will […]
Milton Road Improvements Petition
Hot on the heels of the petition in support of the Abbey – Chesterton bridge (After this was publicized in Milton News on Monday morning we were second in the league table by ward of people who had signed the petition, beaten only by East Chesterton, but we’ve now dropped to fourth) we bring you […]
The Great Light Switch Off
We’ve been asked by the parish council to post this which explains the thinking behind their decision not to fund the lights which propose to turn off or down from April 2016. Milton Parish Council decided to seek the views of Milton residents about Cambridgeshire County Council’s proposed changes to street lighting. At a meeting […]
More on the Great Light Switch Off
As we previous posted here , as part of their ongoing cuts, propose to dim all street lights. They also propose to turn off almost 90% of the lights between midnight and 6am. This will affect 41 Cambridgeshire communities from April 2016 and will save the County £272,000 (Per annum we think, based on the […]
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