There is an opportunity for a member of the public to join a working party that Melbourn Parish Council is setting up with the remit to plan the installation of a new Skate Park in the village.
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Update from South Cambridgeshire District Council : Green bin collections suspended
Please see below for a news release from South Cambridgeshire District and Cambridge City Councils. It advises residents that, unfortunately, green bin collections are suspended from Monday.
– Green bin collections are being suspended from Monday (13 December) because of the number of drivers and loaders absent – particularly with Coronavirus or self-isolating.
– After that, green bin collections are planned to resume on Wednesday 12 January 2022 in line with the previously published Christmas schedule.
– Crews are working hard to complete green bin rounds that are scheduled for the rest of this week. The message for the rest of this week is to put your green bin out as normal. If it is not collected on your usual collection day, leave it out, and it will be emptied by the afternoon of Tuesday 14 December.
– During the green bin suspension, the advice for garden waste is to store this in the green bin or in a plie in the garden, or home compost, until collections resume. If necessary, it can be taken to the household recycling centres at Milton or Thriplow.
– As always, residents are being encouraged to waste as little food as possible, so they have less to throw away. For this period only, residents who do have food waste are being asked to put it into the black bin.
– Changes are now being made to update the online bin collection calendar at www.scambs.gov.uk/recycling-and-bins to reflect the suspension of green bin collections.
Melbourn Timebank – December Activities Calendar
Please click on the image to enlarge and view Melbourn Timebank’s December Activities Calendar.
For more information or to book into events, please contact Steph Trayhurn, the Timebank Coordinator, on 07483176929 or email timebank@melbournpc.co.uk
Making Connections: have your say on greener travel in Greater Cambridge
The Greater Cambridge Partnership’s consultation on proposals to improve the way in which people travel around our area is now underway.
‘Making Connections: have your say on greener travel in Greater Cambridge’ asks for people’s thoughts on proposals to transform public transport, improve cycling and walking and reduce pollution and congestion. The proposals are of interest to everyone who lives in or travels to Greater Cambridge, whether for work, education or leisure.
The consultation sets out three main areas on which we’d like to hear people’s thoughts.
- A new bus network: At the heart of the proposals is an expanded and transformed bus network, offering more frequent services, with longer operating hours, more rural connections, and new routes into our growing employment sites.
- Funding transport improvements: A new public transport network will need funding and lower congestion to run. There are two main ways to free up road space and raise money to invest in better bus services and more cycling and walking infrastructure – a road charging zone, or additional parking charges. We’d like to hear what people think about these.
- Better cycling and walking routes and high quality public spaces: lower traffic levels would create more opportunities to improve routes for people cycling and walking. Lower traffic levels and better air quality would also create more opportunities to provide high quality public spaces for people to enjoy.
Full information about the consultation – including a range of public events the GCP is holding to talk about these proposals – can be found online at https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/making-connections-2021. Please note that the consultation closes at midday on Monday 20 December 2021.
Christmas bus timetables
Please click on the link for details of bus timetables over the Christmas break – Christmas timetable