Melsham Town Council are holding a meeting at 6pm tonight Monday 23rd November (via Zoom) to discuss the emerging A350 Melksham By-pass scheme currently undergoing consultation by Wiltshire Council.
Steve Wilson, from Wiltshire Council, the Major Highways Project Engineer for the scheme, will address the meeting, make a short presentation and take questions.
To access the meeting, follow the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85724353274?pwd=VDNXV1BrUmpoR05adk05bjhtNG01QT09
Meeting ID: 857 2435 3274 Passcode: 177733
The bypass options were discussed earlier this month at the Melksham Area Board meeting on 4th November: we were told that the minutes would be published as soon as possible so that they were still within the consultation period, and that answers to questions raised at the meeting would be included.
Peter Dunford, the Community Engagement Manager for the Melksham community area (which includes Keevil), says that the minutes will be published this week, and that they are just waiting for confirmation that the consultation deadline has been extended. The minutes will be available via this link https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=166&Year=0
KEEVIL VILLAGE 
I’ve been banging on about this for…years. I first wrote about it in 1990 when I was editing the local newspaper. Option 10 D would, I think, have significant negative repercussions for our Parish. The bypass would emerge on the A361 close to between the Keevil turn off and the Lamb on the Strand. The whole of the A361 from there along to the Semington Roundabout would then be turned into a dual carriageway. It will need to be elevated because it will cross the flood plains on the Semington Brook, so will be visually intrusive. The street lighting would certainly be visible from Keevil and so will the traffic noise. Exiting the lane onto the dual carriageway will be difficult. There is also the prospect that the creation of the infrastructure would lead to developers looking at the fields around Keevil as prime location for housebuilding. I will be campaigning strongly against this option.
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Wow, that’s something I hadn’t thought of Malcolm – one of the reasons the RAF like training on Keevil Airfield is the lack of street lighting around here makes good conditions for night flying training. If that were to change… ???
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It’s not that hard to imagine that a deal could be done with the RAF to sell the airfield for an enormous housing development.
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Thanks Sarah, many thanks for this.
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Thanks for the info, I will try to attend. Richard C
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