Continuing the struggle to preserve this iconic landscape for future generations.
Cambridge, England
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Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Compare and contrastπ± The orchard, shortly to be tarmaced over if @GreaterCambs get their way and new tree planting on University land in West Cambridge.
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Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
In Plymouth it was the Tories destroying the trees. In Cambridge it is @CambridgeLabour (They seem to have unblocked us) and @CambsLibDems who have voted en block to tarmac over Coton Orchard.This is about local, not national politics.Please think before you vote.
Our campaign to #SaveCotonOrchard was blocked by @SECambsLabour + @CambridgeLabour for asking questions. Make sure you look at what is happening local to you, fact check. Donβt waste your vote, your chance to halt the destruction π³πͺ #LocalElections π³ #DebateNoHate
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Beautiful photo @BonkersBusway
We βcanβt replace our #trees with concreteβ @Ray_Mears on @BBCBreakfast. Thatβs exactly what @GreaterCambs + @CambsCC are proposing. Pls help @CambridgePPF protect our #greenbelt ππ³πͺπΈπππβ change.org/p/save-the-green-β¦ #SaveCotonOrchard
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OPINION: Bungled devolution and shattered public transport ambitions - CambsNews
So why on Earth did β¦@borofergieβ© vote to progress the β¦@GreaterCambsβ© C2C busway @CambsCC? cambsnews.co.uk/your_views/oβ¦
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Please donate to save this ancient woodland near Canterbury if you can π @KentWildlife @WoodlandTrust @CPREKent @RosieDuffield1 @ExplorerDale kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/β¦
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
GCPβs busways are like the London Underground without a zone 1! Putting all those buses onto Cambridge streets? Seriously?
#cambridge
Modal shift. St Ives busway = 7.8% which is consistent with bus based solutions.
GCP proposal is based on 50%?!
At 15% modal shift, 300 buses p/h would be needed in Drummer St.
GCP FOI - we havenβt worked that out yetβ¦.
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
GCP donβt run buses, their only concern is breaking apart the #greenbelt for development. We hope @CambsCC cllrs ask more questions about the verifiable public benefits of CSET #BonkersBusway before voting YES to spending Β£ms to bisect @MagogDown as they did C2C @MadingleyHill πͺ
On-road, off-road, the only βbusβ in GCPβs #BonkersBusway scheme is in the name. As GCP officers keep telling us, GCP donβt run buses. Itβs up to @CambsPboroCA + Mayor to negotiate with private operators. So who benefits from this #ecocideβAnd who paysβ
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The councillors (who represent the people) should have been asking for answers to these questions before voting the scheme through @borofergie β at Comberton, England
RT @BonkersBusway: First Sheffield, then Plymouth, now #Cambridgeshire. The war on #trees: βππ€πͺ ππ€π£'π© πππ«π π©π€ ππ π π§ππππ£π ππ£π«ππ§π€π£π’ππ£π©ππ‘ππ¨π©β¦
At first light this morning the hares on and skylarks flying over
the farmland on what is about to become the tarmac bus road on Madingley Hill is testimony to this.
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
The hedge in question was a public amenity on public land.
It greatly enhanced the appearance of the streetscape.
The local highway authority said in November of last year that the hedge could stay.
It would be good to know why this position changed.
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Walking over the M11 footbridge last night it struck us how many established trees will be felled by @CambsCC to construct a new motorway bridge for their @BonkersBusway crossing this section of road to J13. Including a City #Wildlife site π³πͺ #BiodiversityCrisis π
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Thereβs been a lot of focus on stunning views of @MadingleyHill, the #Biodiversity and tree loss in campaign to #SaveCotonOrchard, but little mention so far of the significant loss of established vegetation either side of the M11. That blocks sound, filters pollution, habitat π
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Extremely pleased to have received positive legal advice today concerning our forthcoming claim against @SouthCambs District Council for the council's unlawful decision to disconnect the audio feed during our remarks to the planning committee on 8 September 2021.
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Defeated once, Gladman are back poaching farmland for 300 houses in Littlebourne. Would increase pop of village by 50% π² but would provide βsignificant community benefitsβ apparently π Pull the other one! π€¬@CPREKent @riversideros @RosieP4 kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/β¦
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
They had 7 years in which to trial workplace levies, school buses, a bus lane, but they chose not to. β at East, England
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
@GreaterCambs Would you mind answering the following questions please? β at Comberton, England
@GreaterCambs will the same bus take me to the Biomedical centre or will I need to change buses? and how long would the journey take from Cambourne to the biomedical centre?
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
Almost 15,000 people have now sent a clear message to @GreaterCambs @CambsCC @SCLibDems @CambridgeLabour they value the Green Corridor of Coton, its orchard & unspoiled valley & hills. Fantastic support π Please consider signing if you havenβt yet π
Save the Green Corridor! Cambourne to Cambridge β bus lane not busway - Sign the Petition! chng.it/FF87NYc4 via @UKChange
Madingley Hill Preservation retweeted
@CambsCC @CambridgeLabour @LNethsinghaβs @LibDems voted on 21.03.23 to run a tarmac busway through Cotonβs 60 acre traditional orchard. Why on Earth did they do that?π€¦ββοΈπ€·ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ
Cambridgeshire County Council has approved plans for a busway through 100yo Coton Orchard, the 8th largest traditional orchard in the UK. The damage to biodiversity will be devastating. π
Please help save the green corridor by signing the petition π change.org/p/save-the-green-β¦
ALT Coton Orchard photo credit Anna Gazey
