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Front Garden development at the starting gate
The first contract for civil engineering works on the Front Garden is due to be awarded by early April, in advance of 3,000 houses to be built
on the land between Old Town, Great Western Way and the M4.
Terry King, who leads the Front Terry believes the plans for the Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove giv- pressing concerns over traffic con-
Garden Action Group (FRAG) infrastructure are inadequate and ing reasons for objecting to build- gestion and extra pollution.
which has campaigned against maintains the threat of flooding ing on the Front Garden. She pressed the Office of the
development to the south of the remains. He also believes a new Tunnel petition in Parliament Deputy Prime Minister to consider
town, said house building cannot reservoir and sewage farm willbe At the western end of the Front thealternativerouteacrosstherail-
begin for some time because Swin- needed to service the new houses Garden developers propose to way line opposite Toothill Park so
don Council has still not approved in the area. build a road tunnel under the M4 that traffic can be distributed east
the design codes to be applied to The FRAG campaign has been to bring traffic to Junction 16 via and west along Great Western
planning applications, sustained for 11 years, including a Hay Lane. Swindon bound vehi- Way.
Before these are approved, he delay whilst Terry tried to block cles would then return along Great People objecting to the tunnel
said the only work allowed is development through legal action. Western Way. route fear the upgrading of Hay
preparation of entrances to the site Although he accepts development On 8 March Anne Snelgrove Lane will inevitably open up the
and fencing off and safeguarding will probably go ahead, he is still spoke in the House of Commons land between Wroughton and
wildlife sites. calling forpeople to write to South in support of a 450 name petition Wootton Bassett to development
protesting against the tunnel, ex- opportunities.
By-pass gets go ahead
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