Striking images of new Cambridgeshire metro revealed as plans go out to consultation

Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough James Palmer is urging people to have their say on plans for CAM – the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro – through a public consultation.

The consultation runs from today until April 3. There will be a number of public exhibitions where members of the CAM project team will be on hand to take questions. Through the consultation, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority - the mayoral body - is seeking the public’s feedback on the need for CAM as a whole, the benefits foreseen, and views on the City Tunnel Section, including route alignment options, station locations and portal placing, and station design. Mayor Palmer said: “It’s a world-class public transport system for Cambridgeshire and I hope many of its future passengers will meet the CAM project team. CAM is a beacon of smart, clean autonomous public transportation and will be the future for ourselves and our children, so we all need to have our say and help get it right”. Feedback from the consultation will inform work on the next stage of CAM planning - the outline business case - to be published later in 2020. The CAM aims to connect Cambridge, St Neots, Alconbury, Mildenhall and Haverhill. However, the possibility of extending it towards Peterborough is being investigated with Mayor Palmer previously saying the early signs are “positive”. The overall cost of the project has previously been given as £1.5 billion. To take part in the consultation, visit: www.cam.consultationonline.co.uk, give feedback by post (FREEPOST CAM CONSULTATION) or by email [email protected]. You can also contact the project team on freephone 01223 608001 (9am–5.30om Monday to Friday, with an answerphone out-of-hours).