Tag: Traffic Planning

Kinsghill Parking Changes Following on from the Council’s recent consultation with residents of Sunnyside Avenue, Dunsford Close, Hillside Avenue and Bowood Road, I can report that the Council has considered people’s responses and produced plans for a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), which residents in these areas should be aware of.   The Council received a number of objections to the proposed TRO and they are now in the process of obtaining a decision from the Cabinet Member responsible for Parking…

The council submitted a bid for £1.27 million for government funding to pay for a detailed design, environmental surveys and the preparation of a planning and business case.  However, this bid has been unsuccessful.   The council will now have to identify alternative options to look at improving the transport network in West Swindon to address current and future problems.  The Thamesdown Drive to Barnfield relief road was put forward as a solution to alleviate significant congestion during morning and…

Kingshill double yellow lines I am pleased to announce that, at the request of local residents, the council has started consulting on plans to introduce double yellow lines on Sunnyside and Dunsford Road. The next step will be to issue a formal Traffic Regulation Order and then start the work once this is approved. I have been following up with plans to get some yellow lines on Hillside and Bowood Road and the council has told me that they are…

Old Town Quality Bus Corridor   Consultation continues on the proposed scheme between Wichelstowe and the town centre. More detailed options are being developed and additional traffic signals at the junctions in Old Town do not form part of the scheme designs. There will be a further round of public consultation in early December. Please have your say. More information is available here. Wroughton Park and Ride (P&R) Access Improvements this scheme has been proposed because the predominant use of…

The Labour Group are calling on Swindon Council to include speed cameras as part of its range of options to tackle dangerous driving. Swindon Council adopted a policy of switching off all Speed Cameras in 2008. They ended this as an option for tackling dangerous driving across Swindon. The Conservative administration claimed that there were other road traffic measures that could effectively address dangerous driving. At the time it was reported that Swindon was one of the top towns in…

The initial round of public consultation on the quality bus corridor proposals between Wichelstowe and Swindon town centre held in late September-early October focused on three themes: Option 1 – signal controlled movements Option 2 – public realm/shared space (also referred to as less engineered space) Option 3 – bus gates and one-way systems.  Feedback received from the first round of consultation suggested Option 1 was the least preferred proposal and is not being progressed. Over the last month, more…

Work is planned to improve access to the site and also to improve road safety at the current exit onto Pipers Way where drivers regularly contravene the 'no right turn' movement. It is expected to take two months and the completion date should be March 2017. Please see the attached documents for more information about the plans. Cllrs Nadine Watts and Jane Milner-Barry would like to know your views.  Please get in contact with us.

Councillors Steve Allsopp, Abdul Amin and Emma Bushell are pleased to announce that Walcot West will become a 20 MPH Zone after residents approved the plan. 79% of the 124 residents who replied to the Council’s Consultation were in favour of the proposals. The scheme will go to formal advertisement by the end of November, with the aim of implementing the scheme by the end of the financial year. However, proposed Limited Waiting in the streets off Burford Avenue will…

Lydiard and Freshbrook Councillor, Matthew Courtliff, has welcomed Swindon Council’s agreement to extend the “buildout” on Gainsborough Way to make the crossing across Gainsborough Way safer for pupils and parents of Millbrook Primary School. Over the course of July a trial was undertaken to make the crossing safer. The design centred around the creation of a second ‘buildout’ on the side of the road which does not currently have one i.e. on the side of the houses. This created a…

The Swindon Labour Group has called on Swindon Council to produce a wide rollout of road traffic enforcement as part of a renewed Road Safety Partnership. Labour Shadow Lead for Transport, Councillor Jim Robbins, said that he supports greater road traffic enforcement for Thamesdown Drive but it was crucial that other roads which have also had safety problems are properly enforced also. At the Thamedown Drive Public Meeting on July 22nd the Cabinet Member for Transport, Councillor Dale Heenan, committed…

Local Councillors Abdul, Emma and Steve are continuing to press for progress on parking and traffic issues in Walcot West. Councillors have recently been informed that progress has been delayed by staff shortages within the council department. We have, however, been assured that plans will be available to us by the end of the month. At a public meeting in April Cllr Allsopp’s suggestion that a 20 MPH speed restriction be imposed throughout the ward were greeted enthusiastically by the…

Following requests from residents of Broome Manor Lane, there is a proposal to introduce double yellow lines (no waiting at any time), at the location shown on the plan, attached to this page below. The requests are as a consequence of parking on Broome Manor Lane posing a road safety risk for traffic entering and exiting Broome Manor Lane from/to Marlborough Road. As part the statutory process of introducing waiting restrictions, the Council must notify all residents likely to be…