The next Histon and Impington Village Society’s talk will be on Tuesday 30th November at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
Not so long ago Histon Road was a relatively minor road. In 2019 proposals from the Greater Cambridge Partnership to widen the road, change junctions and add floating bus stops made it clear that the last vestiges of the countryside would soon be swept away. It was a moment to capture the past. Alison Wilson will talk about the local initiative that recorded memories of local residents, a community of people with a fascinating history.
A wonderful book has now been published and the photographs and memories will form the basis of this talk.
Parts of the road will be closed at night in both directions as final resurfacing work is carried out in preparation for a full reopening.
The Greater Cambridge Partnership is predicting that the Histon Road into Cambridge will be fully reopened to all traffic by mid-October.
Since June 2020 the B1049 has been closed to Cambridge-bound motor vehicles while work has been ongoing to improve cycling, walking and public transport journeys along the route beyond Kings Hedges Road.
Although the southern section of Histon Road from the Windsor Road junction to Huntingdon Road has already reopened to two-way traffic, the northern section around the Gilbert Road junction and up to the Kings Hedges Road junction is unfinished. A final set of overnight road closures will be needed to complete the work there.
From now until 20th September the road will be closed in both directions in the evenings and overnight between 8pm and 6am on the short stretch between the Windsor Road junction and Gilbert Road junction.
Then next week will see the closure of the whole road between the Gilbert Road junction and Kings Hedges Road. From 20th September to 8th October, traffic signs will divert motorists via the A14, Milton Road and Victoria Road between 8pm and 6am. The road will remain open to pedestrians and cycles in both directions, though traffic managers may ask cyclists to dismount and walk along pavements in the sections where active resurfacing is taking place.
The overnight closures will also affect the Citi 8 and Busway B bus routes. Stagecoach has announced that the Citi 8 will be changing its route after 8pm and passengers from Cambridge are being advised to use the bus stop at the Westbrook Centre on Milton Road for travel to Impington and Histon.
