Author: Clerk

Willingham Parish Council have been advised that subject to pending permits the work on the 20mph zone in Willingham should begin on 17th April. The work is expected to take approximately 5 days.

Cambridgeshire County Council has made an Order pursuant to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, the effect of which is to stop any pedestrian from proceeding along Footpath between Church Street and Green Street, Willingham as lies between Green Street and Church Street.

Access will be maintained to properties affected by this order. The alternative route for pedestrians will be as signed.

The Order is made to facilitate telecommunications and associated works which are being carried out on or near this highway and it will come into operation on 9 May 2025 and continue until these works have finished or on the 8 November 2025 whichever is the earlier.

It is anticipated that these works will be carried out between 08:00hrs to 18:00hrs 9 May to 14 May 2025.

Please see the notice below or visit https://one.network/ for up to date information on closures and roadworks.

Cambridgeshire County Council has made an Order pursuant to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, the effect of which is to stop any vehicle from proceeding along Priest Lane & Iram Drove, Willingham & Cow Lane, Rampton as lies between Iram Drove and Rockmill End.

Access will be maintained to properties affected by this order.
The alternative route for vehicles is via High Street, Rampton; Rampton Road C186, Willingham; Rampton Road; Rampton End; Green Street; and vice versa .
The Order is made to facilitate telecommunications and associated works which are being carried out on or near this highway and it will come into operation on 12 May 2025 and continue until these works have finished or on the 11 November 2026 whichever is the earlier.

It is anticipated that these works will be carried out between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs 12 May to 16 May 2025.

Please see the order attached for more information or visit one one.network

The Traffic Management Centre (TMC) monitors the county’s road network and reports any variations to the traffic flow, we refer to these as ‘incidents’. They use the term ‘incident’ to describe something that has happened on the County’s road network which has an impact (of varying degrees) on usual traffic flows. This could include, for example, a Road Traffic Collision, a burst water main or temporary traffic lights for road works.

They are using a new web-based system to log and display these incidents in both map and report formats.

This system can be viewed by visiting; https://cadence247-ccc.controller.cityscience.com/

The system is still a work in progress and has been used live since August 2022, so anything pre-August has been ported over from our old log which is why there might not be as much detail in the information.

The TMC responded to 92 incidents on the road network throughout Cambridgeshire in March covering 21 weekdays. This figure is slightly higher to that of what is reported in March 2024 and a decrease to that of Februarys.

Please see the table below which illustrates the number of incidents over the last 6 months, compared to the same period last year;

Incidents by month/year

The @Cambs_Traffic X account is their quickest engagement tool with the public and the interaction gives a good indication of how effective the messages are getting out to people.

Throughout January they gained 51 new followers however they lost some making the number lower than that of February’s. Our profile views increased throughout March to that of Februarys with our post impressions and posts decreasing.

The table below illustrates the analytics over the last 6 months.

Note:  The number of Posts sent includes advance notice road works and event Posts alongside live incident Posts.

And some exciting news – they have now launched our Facebook and Instagram accounts! Following on from the success that they’ve had with the Cambs_Traffic social media account on X (formally Twitter), they wanted to share with their new pages for Facebook and Instagram that will show advance warnings of road closures and impactful works throughout the county, educational posts about Highways & Transport and any Highways & Transport information moving forward, so they can reach a larger audience of the public within Cambridgeshire and beyond.

Our pages are:

Cambs Traffic on Facebook you can find here Cambs Traffic

Cambs_traffic on Instagram you can find here cambs_traffic

They will not be posting emergency and up to date traffic news such as delays etc within the county due to the algorithms used. They will continue using X to display this information as posts are posted immediately and in sequence.

For ease, historic data from 2018 -2023 can be found on google maps via the links below. If you have any queries or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact them at Tmc@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

TMC Incidents 2018

TMC Incidents 2019

TMC Incidents 2020

TMC Incidents 2021

TMC Incidents 2022

TMC Incidents 2023

Traffic Management Team

Please find attached the roadworks bulletin, detailing works and events that are due to start between 1^st – 15^th April 2025. Just a reminder that this only includes works that are due to start between 1^st – 15^th April 2025 and longer term works that are still in progress will have been included on previous reports. Alternatively please refer to https://one.network/ which will include details on emergency roadworks.

Please be aware there are number roadworks taking place in Willingham at the following roads, the details can be found in the attachment below named South 1st-15th Apr 2025 or at the link to one.network above.

CAMBRIDGE WATER COMPANY – HADEN WAY WILLINGHAM – Some carriageway incursion 03/04/2025 07/04/2025

CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD – – RAMPTON ROAD WILLINGHAM Multi-way signals 14/04/2025 to 25/04/2025

CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD – SHORT LANE WILLINGHAM Some carriageway incursion 09/04/2025 to 11/04/2025

CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD – PYRETHRUM WAY WILLINGHAM Give and take 08/04/2025 to 10/04/2025

CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD – CHURCH STREET WILLINGHAM Stop/go boards 07/04/2025 to 10/04/2025

Please note from the road closures displayed below and on the attachment the permission for the scheduled road closure of Rampton Road for 21st April to 14 May 2025 has been revoked. This means Rampton Road will not close at this time. It is being reviewed.

The remaining road closures will go ahead as shown.

Please find attached the roadworks bulletin, detailing works and events that are due to start between 16^th – 31^st March 2025.

Just a reminder that this only includes works that are due to start between 16^th – 31^st March 2025 and longer term works that are still in progress will have been included on previous reports. Alternatively please refer to https://one.network/ which will include details on emergency roadworks.

If you have any questions around this, please do get in touch.

And some exciting news – we have now launched our Facebook and Instagram accounts! Following on from the success that we’ve had with the Cambs_Traffic social media account on X (formally Twitter), we wanted to share with you our new pages for Facebook and Instagram that will show advance warnings of road closures and impactful works throughout the county, educational posts about Highways & Transport and any Highways & Transport information moving forward, so we can reach a larger audience of the public within Cambridgeshire and beyond.

Our pages are:

Cambs Traffic on Facebook you can find here Cambs Traffic

Cambs_traffic on Instagram you can find here cambs_traffic

We will not be posting emergency and up to date traffic news such as delays etc within the county due to the algorithms used. We will continue using X to display this information as posts are posted immediately and in sequence. Please do hop over and give us a follow!

Traffic Management Team

Transport Strategy & Network Management

Place & Sustainability

Cambridgeshire County Council