SURVEY: Should Thamesdown Drive be extended? We want your view. Take our survey now

Swindon Link and Shaw Residents’ Association have put together a short survey on Survey Monkey.

Click to launch the survey or read on for details of a prize draw, background story and an aerial image of the possible route of the Thamesdown Drive to Great Western Way link road

 

Swindon Link magazine has highlighted the need for Thamesdown Drive to Great Western Way connection to be completed for over ten years, and the number of stories has increased in line with the volume of traffic as North Swindon nears completion.

With 1,700 houses being built at Tadpole Farm, 700 at Ridgeway Farm and up to 500 on sites off Mead Way and Akers Way, residents are frustrated by the seeming inaction to deliver a result.

But how frustrated are you, really?

Over the years acres of paper have been used in consultants’ reports and thousands of words have been said and written in various places about the need to relieve the ever growing traffic congestion, and the increasing impact on once quiet residential roads as drivers try to find new ways around rush hour jams.

But nobody has given you, the ordinary resident, the chance to ask some straightforward questions and give their view as to whether Swindon Council should make greater efforts to get the Thamesdown Drive to Great Western Way link road completed.

You may be somebody who uses the road network daily, or a trades person whose business is hampered by roads that are being overwhelmed by the volume of traffic, or you may be a parent worried about the increase in fast moving vehicles outside your home as you walk with your child to and from school.

On the other hand you might think Swindon does not need a western by-pass or it would be too great a financial commitment.

We want to hear from you.

The survey has been compiled with the assistance of Kevin Fisher, chair of Shaw Residents’ Association and is endorsed by the TDeX group.
All responses will be held in confidence.

Win a meal for two
Fill in the survey and include your full contact details and be in with a chance of winning a dinner for two at Swindon Marriott’s Source Grill. Our prize draw, compliments of the Marriott Hotel, is an intimate three course dinner for two, including a bottle of house wine and an excellent selection of mouth watering signature dishes using fresh locally sourced ingredients. The choice of three starters, for example Italian Parma ham with arugula salad, four main courses featuring Barbary Duck breast with thyme, new potatoes and braised red cabbage, jus, and three sweets including rich chocolate torte.

Even if you are not a winner why not treat yourself and a partner to this culinary feast which includes a complimentary glass of house wine, for just £23 per person? This offer is valid from Thursdays to Sundays inclusive until the end of April 2015. Book your table by calling 01793 512 121, quoting the Swindon Link Magazine.

Marriot Swindon, Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1SH

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