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Costa BlanCa - spain West Forum considers school buses and buildings
Holiday Home For Rental The proposed ending of free transport to secondary schools outside West Swindon, the progress of build-
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• Rooftop solarium and shared November, 7.30pm, in the Link Centre community suite.
communal pool Greendown Community School dren Services, and council officers compliment the weekly emptying
• Supermarket within 5 minutes walking will have nearly 500 surplus places will discuss the implications of the of recycling boxes.
distance, pubs & restaurants within
10 minutes walking distance, blue flag in 2012 and the council is currently proposals, including the possibility But West Swindon has been on
beaches within 10 minutes drive carrying out a consultation on end- of charging for bus transport. this system for over two years. The
• 20 minutes transfer time from either ing free buses for children attend- Work on building the new meeting will review how it’s gone
Alicante or Murcia airports ing Ridgeway in Wroughton and Toothill Primary School is progress- and how it can be improved.
Rates from Bradon Forest in Purton. ing rapidly, but protected Great The forum is open to all West
£150 p/w
(low season) Currently the cost is £0.5 million. Crested Newts have colonised the Swindon residents to meet and
tel: phil on If agreed the policy would be intro- Shaw Ridge site and could prevent discuss community issues with the
01793 duced for children starting Year 7 building work from starting before eight councillors representing the
700170 in September 2009. next Easter. three wards in the area.
for details West Swindon councillor Gary In November wheelie bins and • Bradon Forest’s contribution to
Perkins, Cabinet Member for Chil- a fortnightly waste collection is West Swindon’s development over
introduced across the town to the last 25 years. See page 14.

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