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Buckden Roundabout

August 2019

Buckden Parish Council

Buckden Parish Council News...

Speeding Traffic and Speedwatch

We are in the process of submitting a bid for funding to

introduce further speed calming measures in Mill Road.

In support of this we are looking for volunteers to un-

dertake Speedwatch in the village. We are also looking

for someone to help co ordinate this exercise. Speed-

watch results were very important in our successful bid

for traffic calming measures in Perry Road. If you are

interested, please contact the clerk.

Climate Change Initiative

We are setting up a Climate Change Advisory Group.

This will develop a local strategy for the village and will

build upon existing ‘green’ initiatives e.g. Litter pick and

the introduction of cycleways and footpaths. If you

would like to be involved in this, please contact us.

Posters in the Village

We have received several complaints about the number

of posters still in place on lamp posts and notice boards

long after the event. Can you please make sure that or-

ganisers remove these?

Lucks Lane Development

We have received revised plans for the closure of Lucks

Lane. The earliest start date for the scheme is now Mon-

day 19 August. Lucks Lane will be closed from a point

just south of Cranfield Way to its junction with Stirtloe

Lane. This will allow residents, service and emergency

vehicles access to Cranfield Way, Springfield Close and

Weir Close from the north of the village. The closure will

last for about 12-14 weeks to allow construction of the

new site access, sewer works and the realignment of

service connections.

We have had further conversations with Highways Eng-

land (HE) about the Stirtloe Lane/A1 Junction. They re-

main convinced that this junction is safe! There was an

accident here on 27

th

June.

By the time you read this the Parish Council, the Protect

Buckdens Future Group and our District Councillor will

have all made representations to Huntingdonshire Plan-

ning Department to introduce acceleration/deceleration

lanes at this junction.

The A1 and The Roundabout

It has been confirmed that there

are no current plans for a by-pass

for Buckden. The earliest a plan

might be produced is 2025. Therefore, an interim solu-

tion to the problems at the roundabout is required. This

is now even more important as plans have been pro-

duced to build an A1 underpass at the Black Cat Rounda-

bout.

We have had further discussions with HE about the pro-

posals for traffic lights on the roundabout. The current

proposal put forward by the Church Commissioners to

enable the Silver Street development to go ahead is not

considered to be safe due to the small size of the round-

about. Further investigation is ongoing.

This is a very important decision for the village. (A simi-

lar proposal at Sandy made matters far worse and had

to be withdrawn). There are further details and a dia-

gram of the current suggestion on page 7 of this issue of

the Roundabout and on the Parish Council website. We

would very much welcome your thoughts on this.

Councillor Vacancy:

Mark Williams has resigned as a

councillor. We therefore have a vacancy. If you are in-

terested, please contact the clerk

Office opening hours

are: Mon, Wed and Thursday

10.30-2.00pm, Tuesday 2-4pm, Friday – closed.

Council Meetings

The next meeting of the Council will be held at 7.30pm

on Tuesday 10

th

September. The meeting will include a

15-minute open form. If you want to speak at the

meeting, please let us know what you want to say, by

writing to the Parish Clerk, by 3

rd

September. You will

get a three-minute slot.

If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet

on 13

th

and 27

th

August. Agendas for these meetings are

posted on the Parish notice boards not later than the

Saturday preceding the meeting.

All of the papers and reports for Council meetings are available on the Thursday before the meetings on the Council website

http://buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk

. This provides the opportunity to see the agenda, reports of work carried out by the Coun-

cil as well as reports from our County and District Councillors.

Any questions or comments on this report should be addressed to the Parish Clerk at: Buckden Parish Council, Buckden Village

Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 SUY Telephone 01480 819407 Email

clerk@buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk