Introduction
We want our new towns to mature into great places to live and work, making the most of their existing and planned public transport links to Cambridge and other centres. Our new towns should be real communities with their own distinctive identity, with the critical mass to support local businesses, services and facilities including open spaces and a network of blue and green infrastructure.
In the case of Cambourne, the proposed East-West Rail station and Cambourne to Cambridge Busway means that it will be one of the best-connected places in the region, within a short travel time of West Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Cambridge City Centre. We think it can develop into a more substantial town to better help meet these aspirations and provide the day to day services that are needed to support existing and future residents and businesses.
Our strategic priority for our new settlements policies
Strategic Priority: Our strategic vision is set out in Figure 75, that reflects our ambitions for the New Settlements in .
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