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Road could relieve West congestion,
if Government contributes cash
According to a traffic survey in May, 31 per cent of traffic leaving North
Swindon in the morning peak hour uses Thamesdown Drive to join
Mead Way through West Swindon and a further 20 per cent uses Lady
Lane towards the town centre - some of which heads for the West.
If you think the congestion is bad on Great Western Way such as the
now, gridlock beckons when the Bruce Street Bridges;
final 3,500 homes are built and oc- • to the east, making Cricklade
cupied in Priory Vale by 2010. And Road a dual carriageway along its
land has still to be found for another entire length, or improving priority
1,000 homes ‘west of Swindon.’
measures for buses.
The issues were spelt out in the
Peter Greenhalgh, Swindon
June Link when we asked if the pro- Council cabinet member for plan-
posed extension of Thamesdown ning, highways and transport, said,
Drive from Purton Road to Great “we have secured money for trans-
Western Way at Barnfield Road will port improvements from North
ever be built. Swindon developers, but it won’t
Now Swindon Council is con- be enough to do what’s needed.
ducting a consultation exercise The estimate I’ve been given for
on a transport strategy for North the Thamesdown Drive extension is
Swindon looking at ways to im- between £60 and £100 million.
prove traffic flow so that it does “We need to make a bid to cen-
not hinder the town’s economic tral government to undertake the
development. improvements. I’m hopeful our
Options being considered could bid will be looked upon favour-
include: ably, especially as they have told
• building the Thamesdown Drive us that Swindon must provide extra
to Great Western Way link road, as housing.”
Information and an online survey
originally envisaged in the North
Swindon Master Plan of the early can be found at www.swindon.gov.
1990s;
uk/nsts
• making improvements to Mead For a printed copy of the North
Way though West Swindon to in- Swindon Transport Strategy docu-
crease capacity; ment call customer services on
• improving bottleneck junctions 463725.
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