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8 The Link Magazine • October 2004
Call for Taw Hill humps to be Blunsdon by-pass October show
removed to allow bus service to enter Local residents and the Blunsdon and Haydon Wick Parish Councils
have been considering the initial plans for improvements to the A419
Residents living in Taw Hill are tired of the jolts received every time at Blunsdon which will result in the road by-passing the village.
they drive over the series of speed humps along Queen Elizabeth The most up to date proposals to travel for about a quarter of a
Drive. will be on display at a public exhi- mile in a northerly direction, cross
The other is- I bition in Blunsdon Village Hall in a bridge over the trunk road, then
sue is that the .r the High Street on 7, 8 and 9 Octo- head for a similar distance in a
bus service does ber. southerly direction before joining
not penetrate the Blunsdon people and the parish the A419. These approach roads
area beyond the council have been pressing for the are single carriageway and feature
p
first roundabout project for many years. The cou - traffic lights which will inevitably
by the pub. With cil is calling for longer sound bar- cause congestion at peak times.
the Taw Hill vil- riers, a quiet road surface and the The exhibition, which will be
lage centre, siting of the bus turning circle for repeated at Liden Community
school and the benefit of village users. Centre on the 15 and 16 October,
medical centre Parish councillors are concerned will also show-off proposals for
all nearing com- that drivers from Thamesdown the Common Head junction altera-
pletion, the Taw Drive, intending to head south on tions which features a fly-over
Hill residents' the A419 towards the M4, will have above the existing roundabout.
association
wants to see the
service ex- Thames Avenue tizzy
tended. Haydon Wick residents living close to the Shield & Dagger pub on
However dig- Thames Avenue are worried that their peace and quiet is going to be
ging up the disturbed if a public entertainment licence is granted.
humps is not as The application to be heard in October covers seven days a week, but
easy as it might those living nearby feel it should be restricted to weekends.
seem. Associa- c/eo d Barrass, callin for joined up thinking, Residents are also objecting to a planning application to turn part of
tion chairman Richard Barrass ex- to be installed. We're acting as go the car park into a garden seating area. Several remember the noise
plained that Queen Elizabeth Drive between for the different parties several years ago when an area fronting Thames Avenue was used for
has not been adopted by Swindon who don't always talk to each this purpose.
Council so several building com- other; there has to be joined up Landlady Sharon Racken has told The Link that the only entertain-

panies have responsibility for dif- planning about the road. ment proposed is a solo singer/guitarist (with electronic backing).
ferent sections. "To get the bus "It has to be improved for resi- Futhermore entertainment is currently provided on a Saturday night
service into Taw Hill, either the dents and any building work must and she does not plan to increase this.
humps are removed or new, up to be carried out with minimum in- She clarified that the garden seating would be to the side of the
date traffic calming measures have convenience." building, further away from residents than before.

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