Plans for the innovative Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro or CAM linking the towns and villages of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough through tunnels under Cambridge city centre and its employment zones jumped closer with the launch of stakeholder consultation on a draft policy framework for the whole 140-kilometre network running from St Neots to Mildenhall and from Alconbury to Haverhill.

A supporting document of the Local Transport Plan - LTP - the draft Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro sub-strategy describes the overall policy framework for the CAM metro. It aims to ensure that individual scheme components of the CAM all work together to deliver a unified overall CAM vision.

The Local Transport Plan, published in March 2020, was the first for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.  It looks at challenges and opportunities for the area and sets out the policy framework needed to secure growth - and ensure that large-scale development is thought out and delivered in a sustainable way. Other LTP sub-strategies – for example on cycling – will follow.

CAM is an important keystone of the overarching vision, offering high quality, high-frequency metro services linking St Neots and Cambourne, Alconbury and Huntingdon, Mildenhall and Haverhill through the tunnels under Cambridge. It will boost connectivity, support housing and economic growth, promote fairness and social inclusion, and cut carbon emissions.