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See Shaw Forest from a different perspective
The first two phases of Shaw For- Live aerial images
2° est Country Park are nearing com- of the whole park will
pletion and there's a chance to be beamed down to Sparcells
The Sensible Alternative discover progress on the ground, visitors from a teth-
to a Skip and see it from the air. ered balloon.
Cheaper & On 23 September, I Iam to 3pm, A games area and 01
Twice the Capacity! Swindon Council landscape archi- a car park have been irso 0
tect Chris Annis and colleagues built; most recently
will lead tours around the park to footpaths have been 0,
see the work on the first two phases created encircling 0^ -7
before completion next year. the park.
Landscaping work and tree In Spring 2004
planting has been largely com- there was huge com-
TR RECYCLING (SWINDON) pleted. From above a human form munity objection to
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e: [email protected] Shaw haw For t,
w: www.trrecycling.co.uk dess Gaia can be seen shaped in ments within Swin-
home of G is
the park. don Council that the
area could be used for a football oped commercially. The proposal
stadium and sports facilities. was blocked at full council in July
PAVE*..EA1 the entrance to the park on Mead that year.
Two thousand people blocked
• Walk or cycle to the park and
Way to express their anger that the gather in the car park off Mead
Driveway, Paving & Patio Cleaning area promised as a country park Way. opposite Skurray's show-
ten years earlier might be devel- room.

npower gets nice on the road
Two electric cars are becoming a familiar site in West Swindon as
staff from npower renewables travel the one and a half miles between
their office on the Westlea Campus to the main npower headquarters
Removes Weeds, Moss, Dirt and Restores Surfaces
at Windmill Hill Business Park.
to Look as Good as New
Dressed in dis-
tinctive grass ef-
01793 701741 fect livery, the No
www.oaveclear.co.uk Internal Combus-
tion Engine
(NICE) cars have
been bought to
save on fuel over
the short journey.
Pete Forest, de-
velopment man-
ager of npower
renewables, said,
"conventional en- Being NICE to the enz^iroronent, Pete Forest with npower
renewables developer Eminn Spraggs
gines are very in-
efficient at the start of a journey; When fully charged, the French
the short distance between our of- built NICE car has a range of 40
fices means a lot of fuel is wasted miles, with a top speed of 40mph.
as vehicles warm up. The npower vehicles are the first
"npower renewables is commit- to operate outside London and cost
ted to reducing carbon emissions 2p a mile to run.
through the generation of electric- npower also tested the heavier,
ity from renewable sources such more expensive dual fuel Toyota
as wind farms and hydroelectric- Prius but found it only delivered
ity. The cars are part of our effort 40 miles to the gallon in the urban
to protect the environment and cycle.
help reduce the effects of global www. npower- renewables .com
warming." www.nicecarcompany.co.uk
Windmill plans coming forward
Plans to build a wind turbine at Windmill Hill Business Park should
be on display to the public in October or November.
npower renewables put forward the proposal a year ago and a
temporary mast has measured wind levels to establish whether the site
overlooking Freshbrook and Grange Park is suitable.
Pete Forest said the test results showed there is enough wind energy
to make the turbine a viable proposition and a public exhibition during
the Autumn will explain the results of surveys which considered the
prospect for wind power generation and also levels of noise, the effect
on telecommunications and ecological issues. "The response to our
initial consultation last year was very encouraging; there is a lot of
support for wind generation. We're very keen to discuss the outcomes
of the surveys and show what the mast will look like."