The Oakington & Westwick Perspective

Back in November 2008 Oakington & Westwick Parish Council had something very interesting to say on the issue of the Airfield Road.

So here's my reading of this.

The residents of Oakington were petitioned by their local newsletter for their opinion. This was, in the opinion of the Parish Council, not done with the proper amount of explanation of the pros and cons. This notwithstanding the village residents appear to have overwhelmingly voted to close the road. It seems common knowledge and / or opinion that only the village shop and the pub object. That's not really a surprise. The businesses get passing trade, the residents get lots of traffic.

Here's an interesting thing: any changes to the road would almost certainly need the full cooperation and participation (read: funding) of Oakington and Westwick Parish Council (OWPC) with Longstanton Parish Council (LPC). LPC know full well that their residents so enjoy the access into Cambridge through this road that they have explicitly stated (according to the article linked about) that they are very unlikely to agree to fund or contribute to any measure that closes the road - even including any consultation about said.

With OWPC and LPC diametrically opposed in opinion, the status quo has persisted and always will.

We are all doomed. :-(