Date published: 2007/03/10
The Cambridge Evening News says:
Work is set to get underway on a £3 million bridge over the River Cam.
The cyclist and pedestrian bridge will be the first to be built over the river since the Elizabeth Way bridge was opened in 1971, and will span the water at the former Simoco site in Chesterton, crossing to Riverside. It will include features such as a low level walkway, a separate and slightly elevated cycleway and a number of sculpted seats on the northern approach from Chesterton across the floodplain.
A consultation has been carried out by the county council since 2003, and a design competition attracted entries from internationally renowned architects and designers.
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Work is due to start on site in April, and the bridge is expected to be completed in April next year. Low-level lighting and CCTV will be included to make the bridge safer for people to use after dark.
This bridge is not really that needed, its main point seems to be to allow some people in Chesterton to more easily cycle or walk to the Tesco on Newmarket Road. It is also much more expensive than it needs to be (the council is playing with someone else's money so they don't care) and given its location it will mess up vehicular traffic on Riverside (but of course the Cambridge ruling elite hate cars, so for them that is a plus). At least it should be an interesting structure.
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