Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:

Oh, cut and cover under Cambridge! What a novel idea!
if price were no object - and frankly with these huge
renewable/eco/white elephant/my towns green dick is bigger than
yours/misguided bus/ type projects it seldom is - its a VERY sane
approach to organising what Cambridge actually wants and needs -
essentially a parkland/pedestrian/cycling/disabled only/ surface, and
still the ability to get people in and out efficiently (and goods and
materials), and of course still have an airfield as well.

Of course they would ruin it by covering it with solar panels, but
that's the stupidity of Cambridge.

The real stupidity was developing the town centre with large shopping
centres. It should have been left what its best at a pedestrianised
small medieval town centre and then they ought to have had a decent ring
road system with the shopping etc out on that...

1) Was that how it was in Petty Cury previously? Before my time there if
so.

Largely yes.

2) They seem to be trying to do that on the Newmarket Road but good luck
travelling on *that* road in rush hour.

Indeed