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12 The Link Magazine • March 2001 www
Northern by-pass on target for summer completion
Despite the heavy winter rains, after four months construction the programme for Swindon's northern
QUALITY FLORISTS by-pass is on schedule, ready for completion in August.
We pride ourselves Taking place, largely unseen The £12 million contract let to of tarmac reclaimed from roads
across virgin farm fields to the Edmund Nuttall Ltd also involves being relaid elsewhere are being
on the personal touch north of Woodhall Park and Taw building access roads into the hous- recycled as a base layer for the
ale Flowers for all occasions Hill, the Northern Orbital Road ing areas from five traffic light con- NOR. Some of this material comes
* Weddings & funeral specialists (NOR) opens up the 5,500 home trolled junctions. The roundabout from RAF Fairford where the run-
* Same day local delivery Haydon 3 development, with sites on Lady Lane will be replaced by way is being stripped and remade.
for five primary schools, a second- lights and Thamesdown Drive to Well before construction started
Order now for ary school, village centres and the Cricklade Road will be turned into the route was subject to extensive
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Ready Mid-March Construction of the bridge over Haydon Brook, with the Taw Hill
pumping station and GP surgery in the background
A major junction is being built at alternative habitats in consultation
Purton Road so that through traf- with English Nature and Swindon
fic is directed away from Woodhall Borough Council. Along much of
Park, Hayden Wick and Moredon. its length, a combination of earth
As part of this work the North bunds, sometimes incorporating
Swindon Development Company acoustic fencing, will be con-
has agreed to incorporate a culvert structed on both sides of the road,
under Purton Road, to be built by to screen it visually from adjacent
Swindon Borough Council, to al- housing and act as noise barriers.
low the Wilts and Berks Amenity These will be landscaped with sub-
Group to extend its canal from the stantial planting of native species
excavated section to the north. of trees and shrubs which will act
SPRINGTIME I Their long term plan is to link the as wildlife corridors.
Jeff Davis of project management
already open canal sections at
Until 29th h Moredon and Kingshill. consultants Trench Farrow & Part-
Later in the year a marketing ners said despite the working con-
centre for the North Swindon De- ditions the road was on schedule.
Quarter aromatic OR Crispy curried trigons/ velopment Company to display "It has been extremely wet, but the
crispy duck seaweed, barbeque spare ribs information and promote the contractors have coped with the
Satay chicken OR Roast pork & mushrooms Hayden 3 development is to be problems and the road will be
in black bean sauce built, in addition to the show ready in August.
Shredded chilli beef houses put up by individual build- "Traffic disruption has been low
ing companies. However no so far. Over the coming months
Sweet & sour chicken Hong Kong style
houses can be occupied until the there will be work to connect the
Egg fried rice, prawn crackers, fortune cookies road opens. new road at Lady Lane and Purton
Special offer price £16.88 Much of the NOR is still a muddy Road, but we will endeavour to
scar across the landscape, with keep delays to a minimum."
most of the initial work being in-
frastructure construction such as
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Haydon Farm has to be made. geries at Abbey Meads School
Dryer weather in the Spring will
on the first Saturday of the month,
see rapid progress towards com- 10am to 1 1 am.
pletion. Huge quantities of earth They can also be found at
have been moved by lorry to Shaw
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tip, whilst several thousand tons