Busway update - Public Inquiry delayed for Busway

Busway update - Public Inquiry delayed for Busway

Posted on May 05, 2026 by jsw  | Tags: Better Busways, Bus, Transport

A message from The Better Busways team

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a further delay for the public inquiry for the busway. Although the date has not been announced it is likely to be held this summer.

Many of you will have received a letter from the Department for Transport stating the GCP have requested the delay due to the scheme’s proximity to a gas pipeline which has been highlighted by National Gas Transmission PLC. (NGT). The period of abeyance will be until the 30th June 2026 to allow time for a redesign.

The letter stresses that the inquiry is not cancelled, and new timings will be proposed in due course possibly sooner than 30th June.

Significantly, the Mayor of the Combined Authority who has responsibility for strategic transport policy has also made a formal objection to the GCP scheme and we note his resolute opposition to it.

Better Busways is well organised for the inquiry with excellent consultants lined up, with our Highways Engineer evidencing the material failures with the proposed GCP scheme with regard to transport and connectivity.

However we still have a funding gap which has to be bridged if we are to secure the best representation at the public inquiry and we are appealing for public donations. We are very grateful to those people who have already made donations and for the generous financial support of Stapleford and Great Shelford Parish councils, Magog Trust, Hobson's Conduit Trust and Cambridge Past, Present & Future.

You can make a first or further donation to by clicking on Cambridge Past Present and Future at https://cambridgeppf.org/appeals/ and clicking on South East Cambridge Busway.