• Helping school runs, commutes and days out by enhancing walking and cycling connections to the busway.
• Creating a new route between Oakington, Westwick, the busway and Cottenham.
• Enhancing routes to Fen Drayton village and RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes.
• Researching options to reduce path flooding in the Swavesey area.

The preliminary design for the Oakington to Cottenham route is now finished, supported by ecological surveys and environmental assessments. Work will now take place to produce detailed designs and undertake safety assessments. We hope to complete this work before the end of the year to start construction in 2026.  

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A public consultation on the Over, Fen Drayton, Oakington to Cottenham projects ran in Spring 2023. Leaflets were delivered to 7,000 households and businesses with two online webinars anyone could attend. People could submit comments online, over the phone or via the post.

Having reviewed the responses, our 29 June 2023 Executive Board meeting agreed to progress the route with the changes outlined in our You Said We Did Report.

The busway already links St Ives, Cambridge and 13 villages with a safe, traffic-free path. The St Ives Greenway will make the busway easier and safer to reach from nearby villages and provide wayfinding to guide people along the routes.