East West Rail Cambridge Approaches Action Group. Give Cambridge the #RightApproach #EastWestRail #TheRightApproachToEWR
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Please share and sign our re-started petition to pause #eastwestrail for a full, open and independent review. So many reasons. No business case strategic or otherwise, project is a shambles, environmental damage, damage to people's lives... petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Mayor Bristow kicks off by writing to EWR suggesting a much cheaper route further south. (Via Hitchin). Short distance commuting from Cambourne is better served by light rail. cambridgeshirepeterborough-c…
The Cambridgeshire Mayoral election was the first time ever people were given a vote on the EWR route. @paulbristow79 said he wanted it to go much further south and that the link from Cambourne should be replaced by light rail. Over to you @LordPeterHendy, the people have spoken.
No your eyes are not deceiving you...
The EWR preferred Southern route into Cambridge really is the Great Elephant of Cambridgeshire.
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Idea of Silicon Fen rivalling Silicon Valley ‘dismissed’ by Mike Lynch at Cambridge business meeting in 1999.
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For context: A business case has still not been produced for East West Rail.
“East west rail, gosh prepare to be unpopular” said NIC Chairman John Armitt to TSC see Qu.38. If you want to mess up beautiful villages don’t come to us with a half-baked case and the most damaging route! Good grief. committees.parliament.uk/ora…
"..public transport is one of the things that a country does that everyone can see and touch. It is therefore attractive to politicians who want to be seen to be doing something ... what that often results in is a service that tries to do a lot of things badly." FT 12 Nov 24
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@Heidi_Labour must be summoned to Parliament to confirm whether new MVL stations are fully funded in her response @Blake_MidBeds PQ on @eastwestrail full 2024 costs. @GarethBaconMP @StephenMorganMP #Bedfordshire #Bedford @TransportCttee @DfT #StopTheArc
Ever wondered why train fares are so expensive?This really isn’t funny and for a project with absolutely no business case.
By the end of this financial year EWR will have spent £446million just planning Bletchley to Cambridge and they still can’t explain the business case - beyond saying that some really important people think it’s a good idea.