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Extending Thamesdown Drive

Swindon the key that opens the door
College A report will be presented to Swindon Council’s cabinet in October with

alternatives for the long awaited road link between Thamesdown Drive
All courses, all ages... and Great Western Way. At the meeting Cllr Keith Wil-
Costings and options on whether
Open Evening the extension should continue as a liams, Swindon cabinet member for
dual carriageway from Purton Road highways strategic transport and

Thursday 17 October 2013 to Great Western Way, or whether leisure, explained the pressing need
traffic will be forced to filter into a to complete the 1990s plan to link
single carriageway, will be considered. the A419 with Great Western Way.
4.30-7pm Come and visit our mated to cost up to £100 million. Link: “I can’t make a commitment
The Chancellor told Swindon
The 1.5 mile road has been esti-
OUTSTANDING College The council is spending £60,000 on at this point, but hearing that Swin-
the feasibility study to go before the don does not have a ring road and
for information on all cabinet which will set out the case that the town’s economic prospects
available courses for a bid to the government for £2 could be held back without the right
and the chance million to undertake the detailed infrastructure in place suggests there
design and costing.
is a good case to be made for this kind
to win £250 WORTH Over the last 15 years Mead Way of smart investment.”
of vouchers. through West Swindon has become But to secure the major allocation
the town’s western by-pass, ever more of capital funds, the price to be paid
clogged with traffic as North Swindon will be the loss of green fields in north
housing has been built. Wiltshire. In speeches across the
Visit www.swindon-college.ac.uk to register or for more The problem of inadequate roads country the Chancellor has made it
information. If you are unable to make this Open Event, come to and the need to provide better access clear that he wants to see hundreds of
our next one on Saturday 30 November 2013 | 10am-12pm
to Cheney Manor Industrial Estate thousands of houses built to meet the
Main Switchboard: (01793) 491591 Freephone: 0800 731 2250 was discussed with the Chancellor of demand of the increasing population
Email: [email protected] the Exchequer by Robert Buckland and as the way of driving the economy
S w i n d o n C o l l e g e , N o r t h S t a r A v e n u e , S w i n d o n , W i l t s h i r e , S N 2 1 D Y MP and Justin Tomlinson MP when into growth.
he visited the town in July. The pressure on existing infrastruc-

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