From Monday 9th September 2019, the junction of Queen Edith’s Way and Fendon Road will be closed so that work can be carried out on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council on the layout of the roundabout. Disruption is expected to last 29 weeks (so until the end of March 2020).
Cambridge Area Bus Users find it unacceptable for Stagecoach’s citi2 not to serve Addenbrooke’s Hospital during this time. Equally, the citi1 route to Addenbrooke’s for those living around Wulfstan Way and Queen Edith’s Way is unacceptable. Such passengers must first travel – in the ‘wrong’ direction – toward Cherry Hinton changing to a hospital-bound citi1 bus, near the Robin Hood, in the cold wet weather of a Cambridge winter. Patients using citi1 or citi2 buses are likely to miss appointment times, whilst key hospital staff may also be delayed, putting patient safety at risk.
On Wednesday 21st August 2019, Cambridge Area Bus Users’ secretary contacted Cambridge’s MP, Daniel Zeichner and Heidi Allen MP for South Cambridgeshire, in whose constituency the Fendon Road roundabout lies, asking for their intervention.
Despite being away on a short break before parliament returns, on Tuesday 27th August 2019 Daniel Zeichner replied:
Happy to take this up with the County Council and to work with Heidi.
And on Wednesday 28th August 2019 Daniel Zeichner wrote:
I’ve contacted the County Council and asked for an urgent response.
Note that phrase ‘urgent response’. Our secretary spoke to Daniel on Saturday lunchtime (31st August 2019). He had not yet received any response.
Cambridge Area Bus Users 