Weekly Policing Update

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Very happily, there are no offences or incidents affecting your community to mention in our Policing Update this week, covering the period 22nd to 28th September.

Weekly Policing Update

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Very happily, there are no offences or incidents affecting your community to mention in our Policing Update this week, covering the period 16th to 21st September.

Bonfire Night & Fireworks

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Regretfully, Hilton Parish Council have decided not to hold a Bonfire Night event this year due to the regulations regarding large gatherings of people and the social responsibility implications.

Community Gritting Scheme

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Cambridgeshire County Council are looking for volunteers to participate in the Community Gritting Scheme. This is a scheme where local volunteers can help to keep their communities moving in freezing weather. Please find further information in the documents below.

Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders Update

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We have now received the decision of the CCC Highways and Transport Committee as follows:

It was unanimously resolved:

  1. a) To ask Officers to take away the B1040 Lorry ban proposal and consult with the Department of Transport for further consideration of whether it, and any further schemes ,are appropriate for inclusion in the current tranche 2 list, with any final decision on the B1040 proposal, to be in consultation with the Vice Chairman, with the involvement of Councillor Harford.

Thank you to everyone who sent communication to the County Councillors.

Experimental Traffic Regulation Order

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The government has passed legislation for County Councils to implement Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders (ETROs) to promote cycling and walking. Under these measures councils can “restrict certain roads to certain types of travel”. Some measures have already been implemented in Cambridge city such as prohibiting motor vehicles through the width restriction in Storeys Way.

There is a meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council’s (CCC) Highways and Transport Committee, chaired by Cllr Ian Bates, on 15th September at 10am to consider additional measures. They have consulted with Huntingdonshire District Council, although the chair of the HDC has said that this legislation lies entirely within the remit of CCC.

Hilton Parish Council discussed the Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders at their meeting on Monday 7th September and resolved to write to Cambridgeshire County Council to support a 24 hour HGV ban on the B1040 in order to encourage parishioners and cyclists from a wider area to use this road in the aftermath of the lockdown period. A parish councillor has asked to attend the County Council Committee meeting on 15th September to present the case.

Hilton Parish Council also resolved to ask parishioners to lobby the County Councillors so that they are aware of the level of demand for such an initiative and we would urge everyone to email the names listed below supporting the bid for a 24 hour HGV ban on the B1040 between the A1307 Galley Hill Junction and Papworth Everard. It is worth noting that an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order is made specifically to encourage walking and cycling during the Covid-19 crisis and through recovery. We should not give examples of historical issues on the B1040 but be presenting a case for change to encourage cycling and walking in the community.

Hilton Parish Council would like to suggest that all Parishioners write to Cambridgeshire County Council in support of this endeavour and the relevant email addresses are below:

(Acting Head of Transport Policy and Strategy)

(Chair of the Highways and Transport Committee)

(Vice-Chair of the Highways and Transport Committee)

(Clerk to the Highways and Transport Committee)

If you would like any further information please contact the Clerk to Hilton Parish Council –

Speedwatch

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Training is now available again to become a Speedwatch volunteer. If you would like to join this valuable band of volunteers and help to reduce speeding through our village please contact the Clerk –

Playground

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We are pleased to announce that the playground is now open again. We ask that you follow the guidance on the signs at the playground to allow everyone to use this facility safely.

A428 Caxton Gibbet to Black Cat Improvements

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The supplementary consultation is launching on Wednesday 24th June – please see the information poster below:

A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme Supplementary Consultation Poster

Ford

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The Parish Council are aware of the dangerous situation with regards to the slipperiness of the Ford and the danger to cyclists and other users. The Parish Council have been in dialogue with Cambridgeshire County Council, who are responsible for the Ford, to try and resolve this situation. Officers from Cambridgeshire County Council have recently decided to install warning signs to ask cyclists to dismount. In the meantime, Hilton Parish Council have put up some temporary signs.

The Clerk has also been in contact with the water company to address the leaks along Church End, which have been preventing the Ford from emptying in the summer and allowing the algae to flourish.

Cambridgeshire County Council are also looking into other measures to address the surface of the Ford and Hilton Parish Council will continue to liaise with them.