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Latest News - 31 July 2005

Ramper road will be closed for 5 weeks from 1st August 2005. It is believed that work will be carried out to widen the road starting with Swavesey end first.

March 2005
Following the Parish Council's complaints to and discussions with the County Council and Stagecoach with regard to the change in the route of the 15/15A bus service and the terrible state of repair of Ramper Road, the Parish Council has recently received the following update from the County Council's Passenger Transport Manager. More...

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Members of the Parish Council have tried to address several of the following issues but need your support by putting your complains to them so that the County Council and other authorities can be made aware of the level of feeling in the village.

The bus service through the village, now called the 15 and 15A, is routed down Ramper Road and misses out one third of the village as Boxworth End is no longer on the route.

Ramper Road has a very low classification and only minimal maintenance will be carried out. Should you damage you vehicle or yourself in any of the numerous potholes the County Council will not take responsibility as warning signs of road edge damage are posted along the road.

The decision to route the Swavesey buses via Ramper Road appears to have been taken without proper consultation. The Traffic Commissioner who authorises bus routes and Stagecoach state that the County Council was informed but Shona Johnstone, Cabinet member for Transport, states that the Council were not informed. Shona has now stated that the County Council were informed but the department dealing with it did not recognise the significance of re-routing buses down Ramper Road and did not inform her.

Ramper Road is not on the scheduled routes for the gritting lorries so will not be gritted.

This is a single way road and passing bays are being considered but now that all 15 & 15A buses are using it that proposal is on hold in the hope that the road can be upgraded.

 I believe traffic calming measures are still scheduled to start in January.

So come on, if you are unhappy with the bus route or the state of Ramper Road then let the Parish Council know, they need your support to sort this out.

Write to :- Mrs Linda Miller, Clerk, 21 Thistle Green, Swavesey, Cambs, CB4 5RJ or email :- clerk@swavesey.org.uk

If you write to any of the other authorities and companies involved then please also send a copy to the Swavesey Parish Council.

By :- Alan Morris (Webmaster)