2017
TL3968 : Guided busway & National Cycle Route 51
taken 7 years ago, near to Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, England
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Guided busway & National Cycle Route 51
National Network Cycle Route 51
Route 51 goes from Colchester to Oxford via Harwich, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds & Cambridge
Wikipedia: Link
Cambridgeshire Guided Busway :: TL4555
Funding for the 'Guided Busway' was first applied for in July 2002. Cambridgeshire was awarded £92.5 million. By 2009 the estimated cost was put at £116.27million, in 2010 this estimate had risen to £161.0 million. By the end of 2010 the overall cost of this much delayed project was put at £180+ million.
Early photos taken during the construction phase were first taken in December 2007, it opened on 7 August 2011. See Link for the official take on the route and services.