The government has confirmed that funding will not be made available to support the delivery of Anglian Water’s waste water treatment plant relocation. The plant was due to move from the current site on Cowley Road in north east Cambridge to land north of the A14 between Horningsea and Fen Ditton.

The total funding which was planned to be provided by central government to the project increased from £227million to £277million , breaching the funding cap the government originally set.

The decision not to go ahead from the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) follows costs of the relocation increasing significantly as a result of rising costs of materials and labour and disruption to global supply chains. MHCLG said the increase was unaffordable.

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