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42 The Link Magazine • April 200 4
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                                                          exhilarating interactive features,  be able to drive a car, even if they
    MOBILE CAR SERVICING & REPAIRS                        the event is much more than a  are too young to pass their test.
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                                                                                          chance for potential buyers
                                                                                          to experience a selection of
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                                                                                          or passenger, thanks to the
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           To arrange a free quotation, call 07050 266325   North link road not officially open yet
                    www.trimlineswindon.co. uk            Oakhurst Way which links Thamesdown Drive with Tadpole Lane
                                                          through Priory Vale remains officially closed to traffic although local
                                                          residents and construction traffic have been using it for some time.

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     * servicing
     * engine & gearbox rebuilds

     * electrical repairs                        ,
     * brake and clutch
        repairs
                                                           The route, when open, will pro-  at Tadpole roundabout. However
     * cam belt                                           vide access from junction 8 of  Blunsdon Parish Council are up-
        replacement                                       Thamesdown Drive near Taw Hill  set at the number of access points
                                                          to Blunsdon, Purton and Cricklade.  being created from Priory Vale
     * MOT repairs                                        For some drivers, it would form an  which is altering the rural charac-
                                                          alternative route to the A419 at  ter of the road.
     * sales                                              Blunsdon Hill.               Chairman of the parish council,
                                                           Jeff Davis of consultant engi-  Colin Shiner, said, "we are very
                                                          neers Trench Farrow confirmed  disappointed that the developers
             OPTIMA                                       that before the road could be offi-  are making in-roads into the new
                                                          cially open legal agreements with
                                                                                     area from Tadpole Lane when we
                                                          Swindon Council needed to be  had understood that it was in-
                                                          signed and some finishing works  tended that residential areas would
          Tel: (01793) 840667                             completed. He acknowledged that  be mainly serviced from Thames-
                                                                                     down Drive."
                                                          motorists were already using the
                                                          route but could not say when the  Trench Farrow, however, point
      39b Station Road, Wootton Bassett                   legal issues would be resolved.  out that the original framework
                     (Opposite St Ivel)                    Oakhurst Way will form the  plan provided for four junctions
                                                          principal access onto Tadpole Lane  along the lane.
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