No other topic on this website generates quite as much interest, or quite as many comments by the public, as the proposed new bridge between Kingston Mills and the library car park. I’m wary of allowing the topic to swamp everything else here. Equally, I’m conscious that it’s a topic people are very keen to have their say on. So, this page is for having your say. If you have …Read More

Wiltshire Times: “In a heated debate town councillors made their views known about the best course of action for the future. Mayor Peter Leach said: “Now we all know this information, we have got to decide whether we want to proceed with another course of action or kick it into the long field.””

The result of the Town Council’s household Bridge survey/vote is: voting papers posted – 4,487 voting papers returned – 2,753 response – 61% spoilt papers 23 valid votes 2,730 Yes votes 1,164 No votes 1,566 voting shares Yes 42% No 57% response shares, No response 39% vote No 35% vote Yes 26% UPDATE: Comments on this post are now closed. If you have an opinion about the bridge, please post …Read More

Click here to view this image full size It is true we all need comparable images of the bridges in order to help us decide which is best for this sensitive location. Every image will have drawbacks. In this one we have used the drawings in order to check the criticism about “obtrusiveness”. The tree in Bridge Yard is artistic licence in this drawing. In reality the mast of the …Read More

(Click here to view photo at full size) You will be aware that opponents of the Cable-Stay Footbridge believe that an alternative bridge could have a graceful arch and would have “potential savings of £400,000″. We now more and can see that this is not true. This montage will shock some people. It shows the Unity 3 bridge for the first time from the sort of angle from which people …Read More