Combined Authority

A decision is set to be made over whether to progress with plans for a package of public transport improvements and how they might be funded.

Cambridgeshire mayor Dr Nik Johnson has given his backing to closing Mill Road Bridge to traffic again.

The submission to the Department for Transport’s zero emission buses regional area scheme could help fund 30 new electric buses if successful.

The funds will help secure the construction of 1,188 affordable homes across Cambridge and Peterborough through 18 schemes.

A dramatic increase in bus services and cheaper fares have been suggested to transform how people travel around Greater Cambridge.

It said the ‘culture sector was not at full strength’ following Covid.

Cllr Chris Boden and Cllr Bridget Smith are taken up the new portfolios.

Combined Authority head praises new polytunnels, solar farm, glasshouse, heat pump and upgraded water facilities

Dr Nik Johnson is hoping to secure more funds from the government

Mayor Dr Nik Johnson says ‘compassion, cooperation and community’ will be at the heart of any new masterplan.

A row has broken out over plans to scrap the Cambridge Autonomous Metro (CAM) proposals.

Funding of £100m for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been unlocked after the Combined Authority passed the first of its government reviews.

She currently leads the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

Dr Nik Johnson is asking for people to “continue to wear a mask on our buses and trains, and in public spaces” after restrictions ease on July 19.

Campaigners against the plans say the business case is “flimsy”.

Former Fleet Street journalist Nigel Pauley has taken up the £78,000-a-year role.

‘This is local politics done differently’, says Dr Nik Johnson.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is planning a bid.

Plans for the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro were thrown into doubt when Labour’s Dr Nik Johnson was elected mayor.

With the metro to be scrapped, the ideas must be reassessed says Anthony Browne.