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Drivers saving seconds on Tadpole Lane risk children’s lives

Following numerous near misses involving school buses on Tadpole Lane, staff at Uplands and Brimble Hill Special School on the North
Swindon Learning Campus want urgent action to make drivers aware of the entrance to the special schools off Tadpole Lane.
Although there is a 30mph speed “It’s very very
limit through Blunsdon St Andrew, scary when you’re
the stretch of road passing the involved in a near
school entrance is derestricted, al- miss and you can
lowing speeds up to 60mph. see what could
Uplands special needs teacher actually happen;
Laura Breslin said that cars overtak- I really hope the
ing the buses as they turn into the other drivers are
school frequently fi nd themselves also affected,” she
in the path of oncoming traffi c. She said. “If there was
and her colleagues have had to a head on colli-
take evasive action when driving sion I wouldn’t
severely handicapped children on like to say what
would happen.”
would happen.”
several occasions.
several occasions. would happen.”
Laura present-
ed a petition to
ed a petition to a petition to a petition to
ed
MOBILE ed Reviewing the risky turning point on Tadpole Lane, Uplands teacher Lorna Breslin and headteacher
a full meeting of
a full meeting of
Mary Bishop
Swindon Council
CAR REPAIRS Swindon Council have had to foot the £1,000 bill. bie said that the speed limit should

on 27September calling for tempo-27
on
Twice daily at peak times the be reduced. “The problem is that,
rary measures to slow traffi c down
rary measures to slow traffi c down
• Servicing while a longer term solution is T junction entrance is used by 20 whilst myself and other councillors
while a longer term solution is
investigated.
• Repairs investigated. buses, several taxis, over 40 mem- identifi ed this problem a long time
Councillors gave assurances that bers of staff, while health and social ago, the Highways Agency relies
• Brakes the speed limit on the road was care professionals arrive and depart on statistical data before agreeing
the speed limit on the road was
• Exhausts already being looked into. Consul- throughout the day. changes.”
already being looked into. Consul-
tants, Halcrow, have completed
• M.O.T. tants, Halcrow, have completed a a Uplands headteacher Mary He hopes that there will be
traffi c survey and were expected to
traffi c survey and were expected to Bishop said it was only a matter of progress once the Halcrow report
• Free call out present their report to the council
present their report to the council time before there was an accident. is submitted.
• No VAT by the end of October. “I really don’t think councillors and Meanwhile, Ms Breslin is urging
by the end of October.
By coincidence, the day after the offi cers appreciate the volume of drivers to act responsibly near the
SLATER’S MOBILE SERVICES council meeting, a direction sign school entrance and to be patient
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Tel: 079999 44262 was fi nally erected opposite the en- Haydon Wick councillor Ian Do- behind turning vehicles.
behind turning vehicles.
Haydon Wick councillor Ian Do-
was fi nally erected opposite the en-fi nally erected opposite the en-
was
trance.
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