{"id":77819,"date":"2025-08-19T13:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/77819\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:13:08","slug":"about-80m-already-spent-to-move-cambridge-sewage-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/77819\/","title":{"rendered":"About \u00a380m already spent to move Cambridge sewage works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The plans would have seen a new sewage works built on Honey Hill, near the village of Horningsea, just outside Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to a 2023 consultation leaflet, it would have been a 22-hectare (53-acre) \u201cintegrated wastewater and sludge treatment plant\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The tallest structure would have been a chimney stack up to 24 metres high, with two anaerobic digesters no bigger than 20 metres. Earthworks and trees would have encircled the plant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anglian Water said the decision to pull funding was &#8220;disappointing&#8221; and that its teams were &#8220;reviewing all options to increase capacity to support growth at our existing treatment works in Cambridge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the news was welcomed by Catherine Morris, who helped lead the Save Honey Hill campaign and said the group was &#8220;absolutely thrilled&#8221; after years of fighting the new development. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement, MHCLG said: &#8220;It is vital that taxpayers&#8217; money is used responsibly, and cost projection increases have made the relocation proposal unaffordable, with the additional \u00a3400m now required beyond the budget available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are committed to ensuring Cambridge has the housing and water infrastructure it needs to reach its full growth potential as we deliver on our Plan for Change.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The plans would have seen a new sewage works built on Honey Hill, near the village of Horningsea,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-77819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}