What does a well dressed wheelie bin look like? It has a 30mph sticker on it! Earlier this year our newly elected district councillor, Lorna Dupré, got permission from East Cambridgeshire District Council for local residents to attach 30 mph stickers to our wheelie bins. They are a great way of raising awareness for motorists […]

  There may be dark clouds in the sky today, but whilst out and about delivering Sutton Focus newsletters this morning in The America and Stirling Way I reflected on some of the good things that have happened this month in the village. On The America there is a noticeable slowing of the traffic coming […]

As you may have read in the latest edition of Sutton Focus, the Parish Council has bid to the County Council for funding to replace the Ely Road build-out with more appropriate traffic management measures. The decision followed local residents presenting a Facebook petition to the Parish Council. Residents outlined issues with the current build-out, […]

You may have already read the front page article in the latest edition of the Sutton Focus “Cash-strapped East Cambs council to spend £1M on A14”. I thought it would be useful to provide a little more background and to bring you up to date with the latest developments. Conservative-run East Cambs District Council plans […]

I was astonished to read the figures contained in a recent Freedom of Information request to our county council which show that whilst the bill for fixing potholes over the last five years was £1,472,550, the bill to settle compensation claims for damage caused by potholes was a staggering £1,655,489. The county council is spending […]