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Quash, Draft TRO

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2022 - mid 2024

2022 - 2024

DO YOU WANT TO BE CHARGED £70 FOR  DRIVING OVER THE MILL ROAD BRIDGE? This is what we at FoMRB – Friends of Mill Road Bridge – are fighting against!  Help us in (y)our legal battle, happening NOW.

SAVE THE BRIDGE: SAVE THE CITY

SUPPORT OUR FUNDING! The first legal costs ( filing, solicitor and barrister) for filing a pre-action protocol letter, were £6500  plus VAT, now covered by all of you!   Taking it to court (twice) will be about another  £20,000, plus publicity costs,  so we’ve adjusted the funding total to £25,000. WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! Any unused funds at the end of all proceedings will be returned to donors on a pro-rata basis.  Want to know more?  Write to fomillroadbridge@gmail.com

https://gofund.me/d4bc6ba0

RECENT MEDIA We have also been featured on  BBC News, ITV, MSN, and BBC radio.

Friends of Mill Road Bridge A constituted community group Cambridge UK fomillroadbridge@gmail.com https://fomillroadbridge.com  © Friends of Mill Road Bridge 2024 Updated: 27 Aug 2024 Website: Fantasia & Friends

The GCP and County Council want us to drive a long way to avoid the £70 fine,  which just creates congestion on Coleridge Road, Coldham's Lane, Devonshire Road... Mill Road only has moderate traffic now, except maybe twice a day during school terms. We feel this 'toll' is a cynical money grab disguised as 'green' and 'active travel'. Where this case leads, will influence freedom of movement in our city. Coldham's Lane Bridge might be next, even Hills Road after that... it's happening fast! NEW: FOMRB's INTERIM INJUNCTION APPLICATION  against starting bus gate works on the Bridge till final Court decision re quash–   Court date: 11 October 2023 at High Court in London

KEEP THE  BRIDGE OPEN! So far, since March 2023, Friends of Mill Road Bridge   delayed the implementation of the  TRO (Traffic Regulation Order) to add a bus gate,  but we want to see the TRO quashed entirely. So we launched a statutory review in July 2023  against the Cambridgeshire County Council. NOW WE NEED  YOUR HELP. We feel that reasons given for the June 2023 Traffic Regulation Order 'closing' the Bridge, only disguise a grab for money by local authorities. Residents, workers and traders all across the county need to be able to drive over the Bridge without incurring £70 fines! Train station, carers, hospital visits – the vital local needs filled quickly by free Bridge access are as many as there are individual lives inside –and outside– Cambridge. Re-routing drivers to Coldham’s Lane, Devonshire Road, Coleridge Road and Hills Road will only snarl up traffic nearby, causing needless pollution and huge time-wasting. Local traders will suffer 20+% losses in turnover, as in previous Bridge closures. Some will be forced to cease trading because of this last-straw blow to revenues. Please don't sit by and let this happen to us all!  Join us by writing to your County Councillors, newspapers, and by alerting others, both online and in person. Thank you all. FoMRB Chair Pam Wesson About us: Friends of Mill Road Bridge is a four-person volunteer team dedicated to keeping the Bridge open on Mill Road, a major transport artery in Cambridge, UK. We are an official Community Group with a constitution and bank account and we have hundreds of supporters on Facebook at Friends of Mill Road Bridge, Mill Road Community & Traders and other groups.  Join us and keep up with our news!

Donor: 'Closing Mill Road bridge will simply increase pollution. Cars will have to drive further to reach their destination and daily queues will sit on Cherry Hinton Road and Coldham's Lane with cars emitting exhaust without even moving.' Donor and FB group member: 'I am glad to see the biased and unrepresentative consultation challenged. It is just one of many being railroaded into our city.' FB group member: 'I care for my elderly parents who live on St Barnabas Rd so the (Bridge) closure will be an utter nightmare for me. I'm time restricted because of caring for parents, working freelance and being a mum but if you think I can help... let me know.' Uncommon Sense wrote: (in a Comment to the news story at right, tap here for complete text) – 'A rare good news story about Mill Road traffic schemes. Go for it, FoMRB.'

NEW! You can donate by  bank transfer! Metro Bank, Friends of Mill Road Bridge,   email us for details.

DETAILS ON OUR FB PAGE! and in article below

First step WON!

Cambridge Independent 13-18 July 2023 (TAP to enlarge)

Cambridge Independent 18-24 Oct 2023 (TAP to enlarge)

Add your short paragraph to 'YOUR WORDS' on p.2:
Send it to fomillroadbridge@gmail.com

Talking To Mill Road Traders 9/2/23 1.5mins

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