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18 The Link Magazine • December 2002
Tadpole Lane link to open as Lady Lane remains closed
Residents of Ash Brake are celebrating the Swindon Council cabinet decision that Lady Lane should remain blocked to traffic.
The road has been closed on a many drivers backed by Haydon lar with many local drivers. Fol- consistent decision to close Lady
temporary basis to minimise dan- Wick and Blunsdon Parish Coun- lowing talks with the police, we Lane. In similar circumstances, he
ger to traffic during the construc- cils have campaigned for a change felt the road could provide a valu- pointed out they had decided to
tion of access to the Bridlewood of heart so that the link could be re- able and safe route between the keep open Mill Lane between Okus
Primary School site and drivers opened permanently. two parishes if a weight restriction and Wroughton and the road to
from Blunsdon travelling to the There will be some relief by and a 30mph speed limit near the Hodson from Broome Manor Lane,
North Swindon District Centre or Christmas when Oakhurst Way school were imposed." despite the objections of house-
West Swindon have had to use the through Priory Vale, linking Tad- He expressed annoyance at holders along the route.
A419 and Thamesdown Drive. pole Lane to Junction 7 on Swindon Council's apparent in- • Fast food delay: page 31.
Although the original northern Thamesdown Drive to the west of
development framework plan pro- the district centre opens.
vided for the closure of the road, Jon Booth of the Ash Brake resi- Priory Vale show centre opens
_ - "' dents' association, pointed out thathat Buyers interested in finding out about new homes in North Swindon
µ , _ , ... it had always been the council's now have a central point to start their search.
E „ b ^, intention that Lady Lane be closed.
w . °- "Thamesdown Drive has been de- The Priory Vale
signed to handle all the traffic," he visitor centre at junc -. i.
said. "If Lady Lane is re-opened it tion 8 on Thames- / r
will rovide eo le with a rat run. down Drive brin s `+ f
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b,. The road is an old route which is together details from
^': now being used as it should be, by house builders in the
people walking dogs and cyclists. area and provides up
^,E^ With a junction for the school half to date information
° • way up, any car travelling down about the 5,500 home ;
the road would have no chance of development.
seeing turning traffic until too Copies of the lat-
late." est edition of The Lorraine Palmer,BloorHomessales m anager, receptionists
However Richard Hailstone, Link's much sought Rachel Smart, AngelaRamirez, Karen Belcherfront, Nicola
chairman of Haydon Wick Parish after North Swindon Bint, Angie Clark, Westbury Homes sales manager
Council, expressed disappoint- map and brochures
ment at the decision. "The parish and pamphlets of local interest will area and provide directions to
• council regards Lady Lane as a be available, show homes.
New link opens soon, from very useful link between Haydon Receptionists at the visitor cen- The show centre is open is every
Tadpole Lane to Thamesdown Wick and Blunsdon and the diver- tre will be able to advise on the day, loam to 6pm, and can be con-
Drive, via Oakhurst Way sions will continue to be unpopu- types of houses being built in the tacted on 0800 072 5550.

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