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Response to the Chancellor’s announcement today about unlocking growth in the Cambridge-Oxford corridor

29 January 2025

Cambridgeshire County Council has issued a statement in response to the Chancellor’s announcement about unlocking growth in the Cambridge-Oxford corridor.

Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, said:

“As the Chancellor outlined today, Cambridge is important for the wider UK economy, and we want to ensure ambitions for much-needed growth also benefit and involve local people. We met with the Housing and Planning Minister last year and explained how our area’s substantial economic success also creates significant pressures on local services and infrastructure.

“We were encouraged by the discussion, but we need the government to support councils in these growth areas. We will continue to work with our mayor and central government to deliver for local residents, communities and businesses.”

Cllr Elisa Meschini, Deputy Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, said:

“We have recently discussed Anglian Water’s proposals for two new reservoirs at our Environment and Green Investment Committee, we will be involved as a statutory consultee and from a technical response as the Local Highways Authority and the Lead Local Flood Authority.

“Similarly for East West Rail, this was discussed at our Highways and Transport Committee this month, another project which falls into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process. We will continue our constructive discussions with EWR around the electrification of the route, ecology and public rights of way.

“Cllr Nethsingha and I look forward to working with Lord Patrick Vallance on the Oxford to Cambridge corridor.”