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The Link Magazine • November 2001 9
Swindon runs out of roundabouts NO NEED TO LIVE WITH HARD WATER
as new road opens CONTACT:

Akers Way and Westfield Way in Haydon Wick will soon become SWINDON SOF ATER
quiet backwaters when the new Northern Orbital Road (NOR) offi- Kinetico Block Salt Water Softeners guarantee soft water
cially opens on 22 November, providing the first stage of an impor- 24 hours a day. Only 19" high. non-electric, meter controlled\
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Lady Lane.
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BEVIRS WILLS

Professionally drawn by
SOLICITORS
THE ANDREWS
for Independent
Financial Advice PARTNERSHIP
See us first for impartial guidance A professionally prepared
North Swindon Development Company presented Swindon police with a y
on investment and mone matters will can avoid delay and
Honda HRV on 18 October for use by Abbey Meads beat officer PC Dennis
Offices in Swindon. Wootton distress for your family
Taylor who is extending his area to take in the new Priory Vale development.
Bassett and Caine
Pictured with Dennis in the vehicle, from left, Paul Springgay, Trench Farrow Home visit service:
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consulting engineers, Angie Clark, Westbury Homes, David Thompson, Contact Jerem Angell Single £49.95 • Double £69.95
director, North Swindon Development Comapny, Wiltshire Police divisional on 01249 814536
commander Ian Maidment, Inspector Bob Markham, community safety Authorised by the Law Society to Tel: (01793) 642245
conduct investment business www.theandrewspartnership.co.uk
Started in October last year, the decibels is a current norm. Acous-
four-kilometre stretch of dual car- tic barriers, priority cycle paths
riageway built by Edmund and public transport lanes are also
Nuttalls for the North Swindon featured.
Development Company boasts Wildlife needs have been ad-
twelve signal-controlled junctions, dressed with the erection of badger
with not one roundabout in sight. fencing and newt barriers at stra-
At some point in the future, the tegic points, and a special route for
NOR will stretch from the Great mammals and newts under
Western Way to Cricklade Road, Haydon End Farm stream.
linking the M4 and the A419. The North Swindon Develop-
Immediately the NOR will pro- ment Company is also making sub-
vide access for the huge number of stantial financial contributions to
shoppers expected to drive to the Swindon Council to improve other
Walmart store which opens on 26 roads in the area, including the
November. It construction of
will also open a route for the
up the land for North Wilts
the next stage of section of the
Swindon's Wilts and Berks
northern devel- canal under the
opment, the Moredon Road
5,500 home end of the
Priory Vale, NOR. The canal
which will also route to the
be officially north of the
launched in No- road has al-
vember. The ready been dug
first new houses are expected to be out by volunteers.
occupied in early Spring. "The Northern Orbital Road is a
The access roads into Priory Vale major new capital asset for Swin-
have been constructed as part of don," said Priory Vale project man-
the NOR contract so that the con- ager Paul Springgay. "It will not
sortium of builders can start on only provide the infrastructure for
show houses. A requirement of further development in the north-
Swindon planners has been to ern expansion area, but also sig-
minimise environmental impact by nificantly relieve the congestion
protecting mature trees, retaining both in northern Swindon, and the
hedgerows wherever possible, and currently creaking road system
creating more landscaped areas. into and around Swindon centre."
Noise is also an environmental The next phase of the NOR de-
issue and the road surface of the velopment will be turning the ex-
NOR will be finished in stone mas- isting Thamesdown Drive from
tic asphalt. Although more expen- Lady Lane to the Turnpike rounda-
sive than traditional surfacing, this bout on the A419 into a dual car-
material has been proven to sig- riageway.
nificantly decrease the sound of In a roundabout way, conges-
traffic. Experts indicate a reduc- tion in northern Swindon could
tion of as much as three to four soon become a thing of the past.