#PotholeSeason - Week 4. Big surge in numbers filled this week as more crews come online. Thanks to everyone for their patience while we catch up.

Out with our gritters prepping for winter!

I have to confess I’m not entirely convinced by Kenya’s approach to LTN 1/20.

Really proud to have joined and spoken at the first Kidical mass in Cambridge! Literally hundreds of people riding through the streets showing their support for safe routes to schools.

I used to really support the idea of unitary councils but I I'm becoming more and more worried about LGR. It's being pushed solely for cost cutting, giving little to no thought as to how to improve services for residents. All it seems to be achieving is earning some consultants a lot of money!

Why are there so many roadworks in Cambridgeshire? Each year we approve about 32,000 streetworks permits, outright refuse about 15% and send another ~30% back with conditions. With a growing city like Cambridge though it never stops and each year we get more and more! substack.com/@notesfromal...

Is it me or is Farage just like AI? Full of self confidence and, to a lot of people, sounds plausible and intelligent. In reality though it’s usually utterly fabricated and often made up. Oh it also gets a ton of press and consumes a monumental amount of energy.

Honest question here- Why do we not allow Asylum seekers to work, holding the money in bond pending the outcome of their case? If their case fails the state keeps the cash, if they are allowed to remain they have a little nest egg to get started as productive members of society?

Starting on the 11th, Cambridge will be moving to virtual residents and visitors parking permits. Welcome to the future!

Feel like a true Cambridge resident now. Just had my bike stolen 🙁 if anybody sees it please let me know!!

Built in 1842 Cambridge Corn Exchange. Designed by Richard Reynolds, it’s really hard to get a good view of it in all its Gothic glory. #cambridge #blackandwhite #architecture

Great to have our first Lib Dem Cambridgeshire county council group meeting today. Really pleased to say I’ve been elected to stay on chairing highways with Robin as my vice chair. Only problem with so many of us is that it’s difficult to get a good group photo!

Back for another term. Thank you to everyone who helped, supported and voted for me. Let's get this county moving 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚋🚌🚗

Well that’s interesting. Just seen a self driving car testing in Cambridge.

This is massive. Lorna is now the stopthetories.vote tactical vote choice. What we've been saying all along, if you don't want a Tory mayor, it's Lorna you need to vote for. stopthetories.vote/mayor/cambri...

So let me get this right, now a transgendered man, even one who has undergone surgery and has a penis, will now be forced to use a woman's loo and be treated on a woman's ward in hospital? This is madness.

1/n This really demonstrates how Labour central government just doesn't get road maintenance. To be conditioning maintenance funding on how many potholes we fill might look like a good idea on the surface but it's actually total madness... dft-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/pm-tell...

Liberal Democrat County Council Candidate for Market Division - Cambridge. Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN

Crazy to see how empty the Conservative benches are at Full Council today. What's going on?

Oh man utilities. Just had to stop a traffic management company as they were being totally unsafe and pushing pedestrians into a busy road. On further inspection they were setting up and about to close totally the wrong road. Their Satnav had taken them there and they just cracked on...

Well it’s been a time coming but really nice to cycle lanes refreshed on East Road this morning. Great to see the extra investment in maintenance slowly making a visible difference.

Elon really is doing a great job showing why proper labour laws are important. Firing somebody and upending their life without due cause or process is just plain callous and bordering on evil.

Budget meeting tomorrow and this has to be the most bizarre approach by the Tories. Instead of submitting their own budget, they've submitted 11 different amendments to spend the extra £8.1m of pothole funding in their own areas. In total their asks add up to £36m from an £8m pot. Basic maths?!?

Very disappointing to see this from Labour. Mimicking reform, boasting about deportation and pandering to Trump. Not things I was expecting from the incoming government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Westminster today to talk transport with @andrewgant.bsky.social and @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social . Really good to catch up about everything from buses to trains, potholes to streetworks and from cycling to road safety.

These people need to be brought to justice and fast. Cars really can be a lethal weapon in the wrong hands. www.cambsnews.co.uk/investigatio...

So given that there are quite a lot of people born intersex with female internal reproductive systems but male external, has Trump just declared a woman can have a penis after all? What a hateful idiot. #TransRightsAreHumanRights.

At Transport East summit today and just found out @mrdannyw.bsky.social is writing the national transport strategy. Well that’s exciting! Not sure how I didn’t know that before.

Is it just me who feels guilty about formerly liking Musk? What Tesla and SpaceX have done is absolutely amazing but now we seem to have a guy who has completely lost it. What the hell happened? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Found out today that our current (soon to be replaced) asset management system is written in Cobol and runs on a flat file database. I guess that kinda explains some things!

Wow Zuck really has bent the knee to Trump. No more fact checking on facebook. Surely nobody thinks x community notes are working? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...

It might have ugly bins and a dreadfully placed anti terrorism barrier but I do love Cambridge and it sure is pretty in the snow!

Well that was fun, on ITVnews tonight about getting. Stay safe out there, it’s going to get cold!

Doh, got to London only to find my meetings have been cancelled.

I'm kicking myself for not realising before. If somebody sees/knows your phone passcode they can change your faceID and then login to your bank/password manager and everything else. It's also usually your two factor device. Make sure you keep your phone passcode secure! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really interesting article. Hadn't quite realised how high the BCR of maintenance was at 7:1. We have a £600m backlog of maintenance here in Cambridgeshire and there's no doubt in my mind that given the pot of money I'd spend it on that first rather than building new roads.

Mill Road Bus Gate - We're now starting an extended warning period before full activation in the New Year. Really excited about the public realm improvements this will enable, Mill Road has a really bright future as the community hub it deserves to be. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/news/mill-ro...

Wow the current queue for the Grand Arcade car park is 1/2 a mile long. Not a modal filter in sight. Surely nobody thinks this is working right?

Wow it looks like rebels might be about to take Damascus. Given how long Assad has managed to hang on and all he’s done, it’s crazy to think that Ukraine might have lead to him finally coming unstuck.

Neat video by the Active Travel England team about an newly pedestrianised street in Sheffield youtu.be/WdC5lYW8qgM?...

Great to see Lib Dems and @tomgordonld.bsky.social pushing the gov on Spray Foam insulation. We really need to support homeowners on this or there's a real danger of people becoming worried about, and putting off, insulating their homes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is really interesting, especially as we see the Tory Mayoral candidate in Cambridgeshire make dualling the A10 & A47 their key campaign issue. I wonder how many billions it would cost and how little benefit it would deliver given all it will do is push the traffic to a different spot?

Best #BlackFriday coffee bean deals? Found 25% off CoffeeLink, 30% off second bag at Rave and 25% off at Grind. Any others?

Spent the evening having a beer, discussing transport with a constituent. We'd never met before and don't fully align on transport policy but it was really good to have an engaging conversation and find where we did have common ground. More of that please!

What's your favourite Cambridge restaurant for lunch with a friend? I'm normally a big fan of Bread&Meat, the Fitz Cafe or Hot Numbers. Tempted to try something new though, hear good things about the Noshe on Mill Road?

Anybody got any #coffee bean recommendations? need to order some more, recently been ordering from #ravecoffee which is great but always up for trying something new. We drink a lot so needs to be modestly priced, currently paying ~£25/kg.

Really enjoying editing this #Brutalist #Architecture inspired #PreWedding photoshoot at the #Barbican centre.

Sunday morning requirement. Where are the #coffee geeks on here?

Thanks for the cake, I know it was really appreciated after a tough week.