Highways England have just published their latest newsletter on their scheme to upgrade the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. This affects Milton as the proposal is to widen the A14 to three lanes each way as far as the A10 junction. Subject to the outcome of the development consent order examination by the Planning Inspectorate, […]
Improving our Play Areas
Would you be interested in getting involved and working with a small group of parish councillors to plan and design improvements to our play areas? Milton is lucky as it has many play areas spread across the village. These were installed at the time the village was expanding and some have been in place over […]
Sale for Calais Refugees
A reminder that a sale is being held at All Saints’ in Church Lane on Saturday (3/10) from 11am-1pm to raise money for the refugees at Calais. It is hoped the money will go towards transporting the goods that have already been donated, and also to providing food and toiletry packages for the refugees.
More on the Great Light Switch Off
As we previous posted here , as part of their ongoing cuts, propose to dim all street lights. They also propose to turn off almost 90% of the lights between midnight and 6am. This will affect 41 Cambridgeshire communities from April 2016 and will save the County £272,000 (Per annum we think, based on the […]
Village Fayre 2016
Regrettably, the 2015 Village Fayre Committee have decided not to continue, so Milton we are looking for a new committee to come forward and organize next year’s fayre. Please contact Andy Gray at the Community Centre for more details – mcc@miltonvillage.org.uk or 01223 862763. The Community Centre and the Parish Council would like to take […]
Street Lights
has decided that from 1st April 2016: many street lights will be switched off between 12am and 6am on residential roads and footpaths which are not located on main traffic routes all street lights will be dimmed (including those located on main traffic routes) You can find more about the reasons for this and why […]
Potato Harvesting in Milton Fen
Linda Kirby of The College of West Anglia writes to say that Produce Connection are planning to start lifting the potatoes down Fen Road this week. Please contact them on 01353 648000 with any queries.
Videos on How Our Re-Cycling is Done
The and amey have created two interesting videos explaining how our waste is re-cycled. The first explains how waste you put in the green bin is composted on an industrial scale. The second explains the magic involved in separating the recyclable waste you put in the blue bin into useful streams.
Guided Busway Cycleway Closures
Over the next six months there will be occasional overnight closures of the cycleway alongside the guided busway while and BAM Nuttall, the contractors who built the busway, undertake a series of investigations. More details here, although sadly not of the proposed dates.
Changes to District Council
Elections for South Cambridgeshire District Council will be taking place every four years from 2018 after councillors backed a change to the way councillors are elected. The decision is the first step before an independent review of the Council’s wards is carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission who stated to the Council that […]
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Thu, 21 May | Green Bin Collection |
Thu, 21 May | Blue Bin Collection |
Thu, 28 May | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 4 June | Green Bin Collection |
Thu, 4 June | Blue Bin Collection |