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The Link Magazine • June 2001
1 VAEA GOGGLEBOX Concern for school walkers

during safety week
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REPAIR Some parents responded to the call to leave the car at home during
National Walk to School Week from 21 to 25 May, but safety while
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At Westlea School three signs
Call for advice on: asking drivers to slow down were
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Call for details Although the road safety unit at are putting school safety zones in
Fast and reliable service Swindon Council promoted Walk place with special signs, markings
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Bev's idea goes town wide
A successful campaign to get dog mess bins put up in West Swindon
goes town wide later in the year.
Swindon Council has agreed to
spend £31,000 on installing 195 bins
and £25,000 a year on emptying
their contents.
At the end of January, 23 dog
bins were installed across West
Swindon after Westlea school pu-
pil Beverley Harris raised a peti-
tion calling for measures to clean
up footpath routes to school.
Environmental health officer
Steve Harcourt said the six month
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and Windmill Court, Freshbrook, Swindon. the contractors are doing a good
Please contact our Regional Office: WESTLEA SCHOOL job by emptying them regularly.
"The bins across the town will be
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I.30pm vising the best locations."
He added that the bins were gen-
Auction, stalls, raffle, refreshment
James Butcher Limey Bear from Lime Kiln erally being used correctly, al-
Housing Association sports centre though some have been graffitied
and one in Toothill has been sto-
Creepy crawley display
len.