The Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SWLEP) has submitted a funding bid to the Department of Transport, which could kick-start a new road linking Thamesdown Drive with Great Western Way.
The new road would alleviate significant congestion during morning and evening peak periods along Akers Way and Mead Way and discourage drivers from rat-running through residential areas in order to by-pass the congested routes.
Future development at nearby Tadpole Farm and Ridgeway Farm is also likely to increase traffic levels in the area over the coming years.
Officers from the Council have been working with SWLEP over the last few months to develop a bid for £1.27m from the DfT’s Large Local Major Transport Schemes Fund in order to pay for a detailed design, all the environmental surveys, and the preparation of both a planning application and business case. The bid was submitted last week.
If successful, a further bid would be submitted to the Government for full funding support in 2019. It is estimated that the cost of the Thamesdown Drive to Barnfield Link would be in the region of £44 million. The Council and SWLEP will find out if the bid has been successful in the autumn.
Good am i am not sre about an extention on themsedown drive . not sure how . but something needs to be done about speeding driver on there . the flash sign dont stop people speeding . there needs to be something else to stop people speeding.