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Calls to sort out Toothill road PARKING
Parents and residents living close to Oliver Tomkins Infant and Junior Schools attended the West Swindon
Area Forum on 3 October to discuss how best to spend £30,000 allocated for road safety measures. CENTRAL SWINDON
There were mixed views on in- down the hill from the schools, Castle Dore and Wareham Close.
stalling speed humps or cushions, demanded urgent action to slow Residents said there are speeding Long stay parking
or chicanes, on Beaumaris Road traffic on the blind bend between vehicles at all hours of the day.
outside the schools. It . Coun Mary Martin said, "it was from only
was agreed that the vol ' ^^. a good debate with many ideas to
ume of through traffic be looked at closely. It's going to £65.00 per month
trying to avoid Whitehill >, a be difficult to find a proposal that Contact Bentley Centre
Way had to be reduced f ,`, sa-7' +f satisfies all parties, but we need to
but varying support for ; f •.^ ' ' ^ fjl '! make the roads safer for children Tel: 01793-690600
humps, cushions, chi- '' am .* ;j {• T and pedestrians.
canes or a pelican cross- "t ^ v i I Another meeting will be organ-
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ing. A significant sugges i^ y [ -^ T ised so that council officers can
tion is to close Beaumaris ' 1 ? I' : present a road safety scheme based
Road, to create two cul de ! ^r' ; , , rr- on the discussions. your partner in business
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