The leaders of the three councils involved in the City Deal (two Conservative and one Labour) decided not to take forward all the short term schemes proposed in the adopted Local Transport Plan for Cambridgeshire which has been the result of extensive public consultation.

All South Cambs cycling schemes were rejected including those that were ready to go and had had thousands of pounds already spent on their preparation such as the A10 scheme between Royston and Cambridge.

The Conservative leader of South Cambs council considered that “in his opinion” they would be a waste of money going against all the evidence to the contrary and the democratic processes that had led to them being included in the county council’s transport plan.

Also planned bus priority improvements along Newmarket Road and a new park and ride site at the junction of Newmarket Road and Airport Way were dropped.

These decisions cannot be challenged and make a mockery of the local transport plan and the City Deal governance.