Challenging the Cambridge Growth Company

The Federation of Cambridge Residents' Associations (FeCRA) hosted Peter Freeman, Chair of the Government’s new ‘Cambridge Growth Company’, to explain what his vision for the growth of Cambridge means for its infrastructure, water and housing, and this was an opportunity for us to question him directly.  Friends of the Cam challenged the appropriateness of growth in our dry, increasingly hot, and water stressed region, which is also threatened by flooding from sea level rise. The event was reported in the Cambridge Independent, along with one of the questions posed by Terry Macalister of Friends of the Cam.  Further to our question on the capacity of local waste water treatment plants, and continuing unacceptable levels of sewage-related pollution in the river, Peter Freeman was unable to answer, but has invited Friends of the Cam to meet him to discuss this. Updates will be posted here.