17:11 Thursday 29th January 2015
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
CHRIS MANN: The Transport Minister Robert Goodwill was in Cambridge today to mark the start of construction of a 3,000 space indoor cycle park. It’s being built on the CB1 development, just outside the main train station. Our reporter Emma Howgego was there, and she joins me now in the studio. Emma hello to you.
EMMA HOWGEGO: Hello Chris.
CHRIS MANN: So tell us a bit about this cycle park.
EMMA HOWGEGO: Well it’s being built just outside the entrance to the main train station, as part of the big CB1 development. As you say, it will be indoors, and according to Abellio Greater Anglia who run the station, it will be almost like a multi-storey car park but exclusively for bikes. It’s actually modelled on some similar schemes in Holland of course, where Abellio have their headquarters. And it will have 3,000 spaces, double the number that are there at the moment.
CHRIS MANN: Just remind us of what the CB1 development actually is.
EMMA HOWGEGO: Well it’s a big building project to completely redesign the front of Cambridge train station, which planners say should make it a lot easier for all traffic trying to get to the station. It includes a hotel, office space and shops. Brookgate who are looking after the development say the main square will be as big as the current Market Square in the centre of Cambridge. They expect that part of the development to be finished by the end of next year. And the cycle park should be finished in time for Christmas this year. Now as you said, the Transport Minister Robert Goodwill was here to mark the start of construction. I managed to grab a few words with him, and I started by asking him how important the scheme is. Continue reading “3000 space cycle park under construction for Cambridge Station”