HAYDON END

Is parking becoming a problem?

As more and more houses become occupied, is parking becoming an issue in Haydon End? Both the people of Upper Stratton and Redhouse re seeing increasing problems. The Swindon Advertiser staes in an article of August 7^th, titled "Police Crackdown in new bid to keep pavements and roads clear":

 

"MOTORISTS who park dangerously in Upper Stratton will soon receive £30 fines in a police crackdown launched after complaints from residents. Officers this week delivered about 100 warning leaflets to homes in areas where vehicles are regularly left on pavements, too close to junctions, or in other inappropriate locations.

One of the main problems is cars parking on the pavements, thereby forcing pedestrians and people with pushchairs or in mobility scooters onto the roads."

 

Redhouse Resident's Association has written a report "Road Management and Safety in Redhouse." asking

Local Councillors relaunch website

Maybe not news to some of you, but our local councillors re-launched their website, in early July, and are keeping it up to date with some of the latest happenings in and around Haydon End.

 

Click on Abbeymeadsintouch, or the picture, to get the latest news from our councillors, on items such as the new Aldi proposals, the cancellation of bus routes, or the Haydon End Farm planning proposals.

Quality For Life Survey 2009

From your local Parish Council: "Everyone has something to say about where they live! This is your chance to be heard.

Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymous questionnaire, and try to include the views of all members of your household. The information you provide will help Haydon Wick Parish Council prepare a case for social provision funding in the parish and surrounding areas."

 

Click on the image to take the survey

Haydon End Lane Crossing

Update. The plans for the junction of White Eagle Road and Haydon End Lane are available at the Planning Office, Premier House, Station Road Swindon. Number: S/RES/072269.

The plans show that, when White Eagle Road is finished, it will cross Haydon End Lane, giving vehicular access across the lane. There has been considerable discussion in the planning file about the point at which the road crosses the lane. It appears that the intention is to minimise signage and "furniture", as it is called, by incorporating a pinch point. This pinch point will be at the point where the road crosses the lane.

 

[Photo shows a footpath crossing Havisham Drive. It is assumed that this will be the type of crossing used for the Lane] 

Correction - Great Crested Newts.

The work installing Great Crested newt underpasses on Torun Way has been finished.

 

 

The North Swindon Development Company (NSDC) is awaiting permission from English nature to continue work to the west of the underpasses, not on the underpasses themselves. This underpass connects ...

 

 

 

 

[Torun Way underpass for Great Crested Newts] 

Haydon End Lane/White Eagle Road

Some confusion exists at present, over the status of the pedestrian and cycle path at White Eagle Road. The uncertainty has come about because of the way in which the right of ways have been designated in the 'framework plan' and the planning permission given to Bloor and Matthew Homes. I will try and get to the bottom of this, but in the meantime if anyone has the definitive answer, please say. Is this crossing going to be for Emergency vehicles only, for pedestrians and cyclists, or for all traffic? The situation is unclear.

 

[Photo. White Eagle Road looking north to Haydon End Lane. The piles of hardcore are for the continuing work on the cycle ways east of White Eagle Road]

Torun Way - Thursday Street

The right of way at this junction has been a bone of contention for some while. There have been a few accidents and several near misses over the last couple of years. When the junction is complete, the right of way will be indicated only by the presence of a 'rumble' strip, across Thursday Street. I understand that there are no plans for the developers to place any additional signage at the junction. When the road is adopted, by the council, probably in a few years time, the council will be free to add signage as seen fit.

 

[Picture - signage at White Eagle Road/Haydon End Lane junction]

No snow today

It's easy to catch the met office out, more difficult to predict the weather. The Adver for today (Monday 5th Jan) under the title "We'll have to wait for more snow" says "... nothing but dry weather and sunshine is forecast by the Met office for toady and tomorrow" (page 7)

 

[Picture is of the Cycle bridge, from Haydon End over the Thamesdown Drive, 5th jan 2009]

 

There are more photos below

Torun Way update

From discussions with local councillors, I now understand the following:

 

One of the difficulties associated with the adoption of Torun Way is that the issues span several Council departments depending on whether they are construction related, road traffic act or Bus Gate related. Planning approved the design and road layout many years ago but the land and the road currently belong to the North Swindon Development Company (NSDC).

 

[photo: Outside Orchid Vale school, on Torun Way at school turn out - Dec 2008]

Parish Council raises safety concerns

Concerns about the lack of right of way signs, and the number of near misses and accidents at the Torun Way/Thursday Street Road junction were raised at The Haydon Wick Parish Council At its monthly meeting on 18th December, Whilst acknowledging that the road was still in private hands, the Council agreed that the situation was unsafe.  It was agreed to ..

 

[Photo - Haydon Wick Parish Council Offices showing the new photo-voltaic energy saving installation on the roof]

Bus Lane Signs

New clear Bus only Lane signs have been added at the south end of Torun Way. The Haydon Wick Parish Council has been discussing methods to make the lanes effective and prevent the Bus only Lanes being used as "Rat Runs".

Road "unadoptions" causing problems

At the Haydon Wick Parish Council meeting of 18th November, the slow progress of the adoption of roads in Haydon Wick, was raised by a concerned resident. Although the particular issue of the Torun Way/Thursday Street junction, shown opposite, was not raised, the minutes of the meeting recorded the following:

 

 

Dirt Pile to Go - Update 2

Now that the piles of mud have been removed, the North Swindon Development Company will be seeding this area in a month or so, when the grass seeding season starts. There is a danger that any grass sown now will dry out.

Dirt Pile to Go - Update

I've just been speaking to the North Swindon Development Company who assure me that the open space, by Havisham Drive will be landscaped in the next two weeks.

 

Apparently there are a number of issues that complicated the situation, such as the hard core left by Kings Oak, when they removed their Temporary Site Offices and a lack of areas to store top soil  as developers finished sites.

 

In the background of this picture, is the tidy area that Miller Homes has maintained, in stark contrast to the 'tip'. 

Dirt Pile to Go

But not until September

Living on a Building Site

Many must hope for the day that the builders move off site.

Meet your local Police

Residents of North Swindon met with the Swindon North Neighbourhood Policing Team, in January, to discuss "what is bothering them." It was  a useful meeting. I raised the issues ...

Haydon End Lane

The Work is almost complete

 

 

 

 

 

Haydon End Lane

Progress is being made along the lane as the end by Orchard Vale School is cleared ready for resurfacing and the street light cables are run through.

 

 

Summer Returns

The Haydon End Cycle way, over Thamesdown Drive.