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4 The Link Magazine • June 2004
Is your PC Blunsdon by-pass and Commonhead
bugging you? u kiln ks4 proposals on display
The start of major construction work to upgrade the A419 from M4
A p ic a tonal There are some junction 15 to Gloucester is programmed for 2005, and is being
Applications Ltd. i o
for a friendly service great resources welcomed by people living in Blunsdon whose lives have been
• Upgrades • Repairs on the Internet. blighted for years by the increasing volumes of traffic.
• Networking & the internet To prepare the 1 The information
ground the Highways centre will also pro-
• Home visits, collection Agency and civil en- vide details of the fly-
& delivery But do you know
gineering company over scheme at the
Or for help getting started, call where they are? McAlpine will be Commonhead junc-
us days, evenings or weekends on opening an informa- tion, south east of
01793 321361 tion centre in Swindon near the M4.
Mobile 07919 263072 Blunsdon village dur- Although the fly-
E-mail: [email protected] ing June where plans over proposal has gen-
www.practicalapplications.co.uk www.uklinks4.com and aerial photo- erated much debate,
graphs will be dis- the Highways Agency
played and explained claim that 85 per cent
by representatives of people consulted fa-
Double your website traffic from the organisa- voured the scheme,
tions involved. though there are still
Swindon Council outstanding concerns
GUARANTEED planners are consid- to be addressed.
ering the use of Dur- The improvements
From ONLY £29 a month ban House in Lady intended for the
+ £69 SETUP FREE Lane (close to the Ab- Blunsdon area have
bey Stadium) for this been much better re-
purpose. ceived and more than
www.openswindon.co.uk/29 Jane Arbury from 90 per cent of residents
the Highways Agency are believed to be in
or call 07879 637159 said the centre would favour.
be open on two days Blunsdon Parish
includes redesign and promotion. and an evening a week Council has been cam-
over a lengthy period paigning for many
Conditions apply.
so that as many people as possible years for the by-pass. Colin Shiner,
can be appraised of the project. chairman of the council, has wel-
The precise details of the by- comed the provision of the infor-
pass are still under discussion but mation centre. "We think this is a
it will run from the Turnpike very major step forward in com-
roundabout to the west of munication and has to be
Blunsdon Hill, passing between the applauded,"he said.
existing A419 and the speedway
stadium, through land at Upper
Widhill Farm, rejoining the A419
close to the Chapel Farm (refuse
disposal site) to the north.
Cuttings and embankments will
ensure that the gradient is less than
Blunsdon Hill.
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