On Friday, 25th February 2011 a meeting was hosted by the North Swindon MP for the developers and ORA The purpose of the meeting was for ORA to gain a better understanding of the developers’ proposals for Tadpole Farm.
The outcome of the meeting is that ORA are now a lot clearer about the position of our political representatives – with both the MP and the ward councillors appearing, to all intents and purposes, to be batting for the developers against the residents of Oakhurst
Despite strong views from ORA and others about the impact that increased traffic and the risk of flooding will have on their lives, the MP’s highest priority seemed to be open spaces with traffic issues at the bottom of the list. There was also talk of closing Tadpole Lane, which would force all traffic coming to and from the A419 along Tadpole Lane/Lady Lane to use Oakhurst Way and Saltzgitter Drive for access to Thamesdown Drive.
There was also talk of expanding the Isambard school campus across Tadpole Lane with a footbridge to give the children access to both halves of the school. The main conclusion seems to be that everyone, with the exception of ORA, has already decided that Oakhurst Way and Saltzgitter Drive are going to take the brunt of all the traffic. ORA members are all that stands between the developers and disaster.
ORA are totally committed to fight the development at Tadpole Farm and we are now going to double are efforts with our ‘No to houses at Tadpole Farm’ campaign.
