There is great congestion in Cambridge. Cllr Fitch said he is continually working at possible cycle routes. Bus passes have gone up as money saved on this service is channelled into others. There is to be no funding by the government for the Fordham by-pass. Speed cameras are used on a large scale.
False alarms are slightly down but are a perpetual nuisance.
Negotiations are going with David R Smith about Burwell Fire station. There may be more cuts to the library service if there is not an increase in borrowing. Cllr Fitch said there are a lot of pirated CDs at the moment giving trading standards problems. Bogus callers are also a nuisance. Police - crime is down and detection up, the helicopter has been a great success.