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38 The Link Magazine • October 2002
Road name ideas come forward
Three readers responded with ideas for naming new roads in North Swindon after The Link revealed last
).F.K month that planners at Swindon Council would welcome suggestions.
BUILDING Council officers are faced with Many of the themes from the By contrast an unnamed sub-
an increasing problem of coming town's history have been used, mission suggested a range of posi-
SERVICES up with names for the new roads such as Great Western Railway tivehumanthemestodowith'peo-
as the town continues to expand in engineers, as well as ideas from pie for a brighter future': peace,
Extensions, Alterations, Priory Vale and the Front Garden. further afield: livestock breeds, unity, respect, health, harmony
Renovations herbs, battlegrounds and cinema and cultural understanding.
New monthly Coffee Morning stars, statesmen and soldiers. The same person thought themes
All aspects of garden Holy Trinity Church Keen aviation follower Ray Bill- which emphasise the environment
construction including fencing Shaw Village Centre ings, who lives in a house called and the good of the planet should
All general building work Touchdown in Abbey Meads, sug- be developed: recycle and reuse,
Starting Thursday 10 October gested Swindon's aviation connec- solar, wind and water energy, di-
Tel: Mr J.F. Keenan 10am to 12noon tion should be explored by using versity, protect and conserve.
(01793) 727824 All welcome to drop in names of present and former air- Doreen King from Old Town
for coffee and a chat fields in the district, like Kemble, suggested the theme of priories
South Cerney and Blakehill Farm. and abbeys for the Priory Vale area
He would like to see the names and wild animals, birds and flora
of aircraft at one time based in the for the Front Garden.
Kitchen design & installatio area, such as Dakota, Anson, Lib- The letters have been sent onto
• Computer aided design erator, Tiger Moth, York and the Swindon Council department
Horsa. He points out that Spitfires which deals with street names for
• Granite specialist
and Stirl i ngs were built in the town. consideration.
• Supplies of leading brands of
appliances and quality tiles
No problems with Mexican intersection
• Free quotation and planning
service - no obligation as North road is completed
• All work guaranteed The completion of Thamesdown Drive at the end of August saw a
• All work undertaken by major step achieved in the North Swindon development.
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L.._. quality installers The five and a half kilo l
Showroom at .. . metre dual carriageway
33-34 Newport Street, costing £18 million and
Old Town, S« indon (install paid for by the North _ a
Tel/Fax: 01793 490036 D. Swindon Development ;^=
e-mail: [email protected]
Company is a major de- ' `
parture for the town.
Out go rounda-bouts,
including the five built `
THE COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS IN ONE SHOP when Abbey Meads was y
constructed over seven Y '^
SPILLERS years ago. In come eleven .
traffic light controlled
junctions including an in- 1
FURNISHING novative and radical junc- a_ Tom+
tion at Cricklade Road.
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Dubbed by The Link as the ^= ;.
Established since 1843 Mexican Intersection as The rapidly changing North Swindon land-
the design is widely used scape. Thamesdown Drive Junction 5 at Lady
Parker Knoll, in Mexico City, it is the Lane before the start on the extension toPur Ion
first time that it has been Road in 2000 (Photo: National Monuments Record)
=. ^ Duniopillo put to use in Britain. set of lights is controlled independ-
0 ner Paul Richmond said the dis- years, when the housing areas fill
Swindon Council traffic plan-
ently but in about five to seven
placed right hand junction, where
vehicles pass each other on the
ised traffic management system to
'wrong side, was working well. up, we will introduce a computer-
"Road works have been going on coordinate signal changes to en-
in the area for several months and sure the smoothest flow of vehi-
drivers were cautious in the area. Iles along the road.
^umbe^d There has been slight confusion The road is another achievement
for some when approaching the for John Prothero, head engineer
• Dining Room Furniture • Suites & Sofas c junction, but no serious problems. for builders Edmund Nuttall Ltd.
• Chairs & Recliners • Specialist Recliners M DONAGH Were very pleased by how it is He said he was particularly
• Beds & Bedroom Furniture operating." pleased by the new A frame pe-
• Occasional Furniture • Carpets & Flooring He said that adjustments to destrianbridgeoverThamesdown
signage along the whole length of Drive, conceived and designed by
Open 6 days a week - Free delivery
Aistons Thamesdown Drive would take the company in association with
The family business that really cares place in the coming months in re- Swindon company Halcrow. "It
spouse to engineer observations, will be a lasting reminder of our
132 VICTORIA ROAD, OLD TOWN, SWINDON user suggestions and complaints, involvement," he said.
He added that sensors under the The company will continue on
TEL: (01793) 522329/541146 road will coordinate traffic flow in site for some time to come, build-
www.spillersfurnishing.co.uk the future. "Thamesdown Drive ing infrastructure in the Priory Vale
has a huge capacity at present. Each housing areas.