I’m Ros Hathorn and I’m standing for re-election as county councillor for Histon & Impington and Orchard Park in this year’s local council elections. Polling day is Thursday, 1 May 25.
Since being elected in 2021 I’ve been active and accessible in the community in person and online. I have regularly participated in meetings of Histon & Impington Parish Council and Orchard Park Community Council.
I have listened to my community and acted on its concerns.
On this web-site I’ve summarised, in no particular order, just some of the issues which I’ve helped to address.
There’s also a set of FAQs including information about registering to vote and for a postal vote.
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The result: we won!
read more …: The result: we won!‘I am absolutely thrilled …’ I had a great team to support me, we all worked really hard and when the count was finalised I won with a pretty healthy…
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New Orchard Park Busway Bus Stop
read more …: New Orchard Park Busway Bus StopI am thrilled to announce a new Orchard Park / Cambridge North bus stop has been confirmed as part of the Waterbeach busway project. I have always made the case…
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Why we need local journalism
read more …: Why we need local journalismJournalism is facing existential challenges, the internet has eaten away at traditional funding models and the shift away from print to online media makes it extremely challenging for small, local…
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Tree Planting and Problem Solving in Orchard Park
read more …: Tree Planting and Problem Solving in Orchard ParkI had a great morning planting trees on the wide green verge on Ring Fort Road, Orchard Park. This was a lovely example of community problem solving. Knocking on doors…
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Dead A14 trees replaced and biodegradable tree guards tried
read more …: Dead A14 trees replaced and biodegradable tree guards triedNational Highways removed over 400,000 trees when building the A14 upgrade. Ros campaigned at the time for more detail about their biodiversity and nature commitments and for them to commit…
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Making pavements safe
read more …: Making pavements safeTrees in Orchard Park have damaged pavements in locations around Orchard Park. Street trees provide an enormous benefit to communities offering shade in the summer, access to nature, and are…
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Reducing anti-social behaviour: youth worker funding
read more …: Reducing anti-social behaviour: youth worker fundingA spate of anti social behaviour in summer 2023 lead to a lot of work in and with the community. My District Council colleagues helped organise two extraordinary community safety…
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Flooding Clay Close Lane
read more …: Flooding Clay Close LaneLast winter Clay Close Lane was flooded for weeks on end making it impassable to the large number of cyclists, pedestrians and wheel chair users who rely on it as…
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Early Years Centre Forest School
read more …: Early Years Centre Forest SchoolAlongside the infants school site is the old infants school playing field. Ros was keen to get community access for this land. By working with the parish council, county council…
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Stopped Flooding on B1049 near Holiday Inn
read more …: Stopped Flooding on B1049 near Holiday InnFlooding on the B1049, Bridge Road near the Holiday Inn had become a permanent feature of wet winters. Flooding of both the footpath and the road forces cyclists out into…
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Switching on the lights
read more …: Switching on the lightsOne of the top issues residents complained about at a community meeting in Orchard Park was broken street lighting. The crux of the problem was that there are a lot…
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Fixing broken crash barriers
read more …: Fixing broken crash barriersOne of the first things Ros did when elected was to get dozens of broken pedestrian barriers on the Kings Hedges Road/ Cambridge Road/ Histon Road junction replaced. Ros was…
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