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Mill Yard Deliveries

(Mill Yard, formerly Devonshire Gardens)

Whilst none of us actively like heavy goods vehicle deliveries in and around Mill Road, we recognise that this is temporary, in the construction phase of Mill Yard.

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Aerial visualisation of the completed Mill Yard development

The outcome will be a low-car, low motor-traffic development – a huge improvement on the previous use by builders’ merchants, which generated a daily stream of large and small goods vehicles, unsuited to a primarily residential area.

Mill Road Bridges are pleased to note that Morgan Sindall Construction – the tier one contractor – has taken the trouble to minimise the impact of delivery traffic during construction of this new development. A good neighbour, indeed!

Image is a map with delivery instructions, as below. Morgan Sindall Construction Delivering to us Project: Devonshire Gardens/Mill Yard Address: Devonshire Road, Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 2AG Directions From A1307/Hills Road, turn onto Station road, then turn left onto Tenison Road. Turn Right onto Devonshire Road and enter the site through Gate A. NO DELIVERIES TO APPROACH SITE FROM THE MILL ROAD DIRECTION (NORTH).NO VEHICLES TO USE THE NORTHERN SECTION OF TENISON ROAD Deliveries can only be made between the hours of 9:30am and 3:30pm unless prior permission is given by the site team for exceptional circumstances.

We are indebted to local resident Richard Calverley, who writes:

For the next two years Mill Road will be carrying the traffic from the [Mill Yard] Devonshire Road development. In theory all the incoming traffic (deliveries) have been instructed to arrive via Station Road / Devonshire Road.

The traffic leaving the site have been told to use Mill Road, exit to East Road.

I […] have had very good interactions with the [contractors], Morgan Sindall. When their instructions have been ignored, I have provided photos or company names / timing. They have threatened to cancel contracts and this has been a game changer.  […]  I have been very impressed by [these contractors]. […]

If you see construction traffic passing [along Mill Road, from East Road] in the direction of Devonshire Road, this is against the guidelines and you can help by reporting the “incident” to Morgan Sindall.

If you observe any delivery traffic misusing Mill Road, click this link – Construction Traffic Misusing Mill Road – to generate an email to Chris Webb, Project Director and Matt Cade, Project Manager.

Please give them as much detail as possible, for example:

  • date and time of the incident
  • company name on the offending vehicle
  • registration mark
  • photo of the vehicle
Photos of Chris Webb, Project Director and Matt Cade, Project Manager.

Find out more about Mill Yard from Morgan Sindall at Mill Yard: Cambridge’s new sustainable neighbourhood, and from the Mill Yard, Cambridge website, where you can sign up for updates.