PROTESTERS calling for a bypass around Beanacre will be taking to the streets for the second time tomorrow.
People living along the notoriously dangerous stretch of the A350 have stepped up their campaign in the wake of a three-car smash that claimed the life of 62-year-old Brian Johnson just before Christmas.
Gary Jardine, project leader for the Melksham Eastern Bypass Campaign, has organised the protests and a petition calling for a bypass to take the pressure off the road.
He said: "The proposal for a bypass has been discussed as far back as 1965 and still nothing has materialised."
Campaigners fear plans to develop the former GEC site in Melksham and the proposal by Chippenham company Westinghouse Brakes to set up a base in Bowerhill will increase the traffic along the road.
Wiltshire County Council has warned that bidding for a bypass could take several years and they would then have to secure Government funding.
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