More consultation for East West Rail options.
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The East West Rail Company has announced a further consultation will be conducted on the proposed route for the Oxford to Cambridge line, which will see a new station close to St Neots.
There are five route options and route alignment 1 in Section D is emerging as the preference, and this includes a new St Neots South Station.
The route being championed by Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC), Bedford Borough Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council is Route E, however.
HDC has told The Hunts Post the decision was the result of strong and deliberate collaborative work across all four councils to provide East West Rail with context and data to understand the route that would result in the greatest potential for future success and ambition of the district.
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His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, has died aged 99.
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Political leaders from across Cambridgeshire have paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who has died aged 99.
Buckingham Palace announced on Friday (April 9) that His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, passed away peacefully at Windsor Castle.
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner said: “The Duke of Edinburgh has been a fixture in all of our lives for as long as we can remember and his passing is a sad day.
“He was sometimes a controversial figure but he was a colossal support to the Queen, and the country will rightly be in mourning.”