Traffic Access onto The Broadway

Many Bourn residents will recall assurances given in 1996 from South Cambridgeshire District Council that the new Cambourne development would not be permitted to increase traffic into Bourn.

A minute from the Planning Committee meeting of 24 April 1996 records as "Resolved that there should be no emergency vehicle and bus link between the new village [Cambourne] and The Broadway". Specifically, we were told that "such access will never be allowed". ​

Yet twenty years later, at the end of 2016, we learn that Bourn Parish Council has been given notice of outline planning permission for a bus link between Stirling Way in Cambourne with The Broadway. 

Traffic through the village via The Broadway has increased considerably in recent years as commuters attempt 'cut-throughs' to avoid traffic jams such as occur regularly at the Caxton Gibbet roundabout. 

Such access will never be allowed.
​District Councillor Daphne Spink, 1996

With additional bus traffic from Cambourne via this new link, as well as additional new traffic if Bourn Airfield goes ahead, traffic in Bourn village could be set to become a major problem. 

If we value our beautiful and historic village we must say no to this constant encroachment. 

Act Now!

1. Write to your District Councillors and express your concerns. Their email addresses are: Councillor Peter Topping - Cllr.Topping@SCambs.gov.UK Councillor Nick Wright - Cllr.Wright@SCambs.gov.uk  and Councillor Des O'Brien - Cllr.Obrien@SCambs.gov.uk

​2. Come along to the start of the next Local Plan Hearing on 4th April and show your support to stop the proposed development at Bourn Airfield - further details are here.
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