Crest Nicholson agreed an area of search with Swindon Borough Council and the Highways Agency when assessing the impact of traffic from Tadpole Farm.
As you can see, there seems to have been no study into any potential increase of traffic towards Juction 16 of the M4. Could this be because that this route through West Swindon already has severe issues?
Crest Nicholson say "Thamesdown Drive and Oakhurst Way have sufficient traffic capacity to accommodate the additional traffic from Tadpole Farm."
Unfortunately, Crest Nicholson have not published their Transport Assessment figures, but with Oakhurst Way already being difficult for pedestrians to cross at busy times already, it would be interesting to see what volumes they view as acceptable, and how they compare to current levels.
However, Crest Nicholson also say "A number of the roads in Priory Vale have been built as spine roads to a high design specification. They are over 6m wide with wide verges and large roundabouts."
Why would the width of the roads or the size of the verges be of importance? Is there is a suggestion of increasing the number of carriagways on a road? What are the other roads in Priory Vale that are mentioned here, and for what reason have they been earmarked by Crest Nicholson?
