Cambridge has one of the heaviest construction programmes of any city its size. Laboratory and office building continues at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and around the Science Park on the northern edge, while large housing sites at Eddington, Trumpington and Cherry Hinton send muck-away lorries onto roads that were never designed for them. Keeping those haul routes clean is usually a planning condition rather than a courtesy.
The city sits inside a ring formed by the M11 to the west and the A14 to the north, with the A10, A428 and A1307 feeding in from the surrounding villages. New settlements at Northstowe and Waterbeach add further earthmoving traffic, and the historic centre brings its own constraints of narrow streets, cyclists and restricted access times.
Coverage in and around Cambridge
One enquiry covers the city and the ring of villages around it, including Milton, Histon, Girton, Trumpington, Cherry Hinton, Fulbourn and Sawston, and out to Cambourne, Northstowe and Waterbeach. Sweepers are booked through operators who work across South Cambridgeshire, so availability depends on the date and shift; busy development periods are worth booking ahead.