‘Major Cambridge takeaway’ agrees to only give deliveries to push bike riders amid crackdown

Cambridgeshire Constabulary has that a ‘major takeaway venue’ in Cambridge city centre was only giving orders to delivery drivers using pedal bikes. (Image: David Davies/PA Wire) × Group 28 Sign up to our free email newsletter to receive the latest breaking news and daily roundups Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you.

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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Councillors have heard that a “major takeaway venue” in Cambridge city centre has agreed to only give orders to delivery drivers using push bikes. A report to Cambridge City Council ’s west central area committee said the takeaway, which is not named in the papers, made the decision due to its location. The committee, which covers the Castle, Newnham and Market areas of the city, had previously raised that “delivery mopeds”, and e-scooters being used illegally on public highways, was an area of concern.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary officers in the west central team agreed to try and “reduce the number of issues caused by delivery mopeds and illegal e-scooters” and report back to councillors on progress. A report prepared by the force, and the community safety team at the city council , for the committee meeting this week (June 15), said this area “continues to be an issue”, but highlighted steps that had been taken. It said: “The work in this area takes a number of different forms.

We are working with the city council to increase the education of users and to ensure that where people are using the vehicles that they are doing so legally and appropriately. Read more: Everything we know so far about Cambridge incident today as police cordons remain in place “We are also actively engaging with the venues which are serviced by these vehicles and checking that they are taking relevant steps to ensure that riders who are associated with their business are acting appropriately, for example one of the major takeaway venues, due to their location, only gives orders to riders on pedal cycles. “The team also engage with the riders when they are waiting to collect their order to ensure that they are not causing anti-social behaviour or obstructing pavements, this is most notable around the Market Square.

All this work is underpinned by enforcement action taken against riders who ride in a dangerous or anti-social manner. The team routinely challenge this behaviour when carrying out their patrols. ” Concerns around e-scooters and the ‘e-mopeds’ being used in the city have been raised by councillors before.

Last month the city council passed a motion calling for ‘urgently needed’ national regulation from central government of primarily electric powered two-wheeled vehicles. READ MORE: Everything we know so far about Cambridge incident today as police cordons remain in place No imminent job cuts at Cambs fire service after Suffolk exits control room deal ‘out of the blue’ Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.

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