IT may be welcome news that the Front Garden is to be a design icon. But, will this make the development sustainable?
One of the many issues concerns the road. Will the Croft Road/Hay Lane Link encourage commuting along the motorway, add to the bottle-neck at Croft Road and be Wiltshire's road of great significance that never had a public inquiry?
Repeated objections have fallen on deaf ears. Instead of tunnelling under the M4 many people have said the road should go over the railway and link the Front Garden with the rest of Swindon. They have not been allowed to make their case before an independent inspector. In the rush to grant 4,500 houses, are fundamental mistakes already being made?
Charmian Spickernell
CPRE North Wilts and Swindon Group
Wootton Bassett
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