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Streetlights not working?

8 December - a streetlight not working on Stratford Road near Mawarden Court (and on the well-used route to the Reading Room and St Lawrence Church), has today been reported. 28 November - a streetlight on Stratford Road near Russell House is not working and has been reported to Wiltshire Council using the MyWiltshire app. How to help make our local roads and pavements safer at night! Newspost from 19 December 2024 Please report a non-working streetlight to Wiltshire Council.

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Dec 8

Damaged sign reported to MyWiltshire over two years ago, STILL not repaired

As this sign has still not been repaired, a request for a review/update has been submitted using the MyWiltshire app. 17 March 2025. Our Wiltshire Councillor, Dr Mark McClelland, has been requested to enquire why this sign has still not been replaced. Image taken 4 March 2023 15 January 2025 Will this will be third-time-lucky? ANOTHER report has been submitted to Wiltshire Council via the MyWiltshire app as this sign pointing to the Woodford Valley and the 45 National Cyclew

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Nov 29

Footpath News

Repairs have recently been made to the footpath near Mill Lane pedestrian bridge. A request for an improvement was made in April 2024 using the MyWiltshire app. The path had sunk in places and groundwater was not draining away, making the path impassable at times. November 2025 April 2024 February 2024 Newspost from 9 April 2024 Footpath to the Mill Lane pedestrian bridge - the water level on the footpath

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Nov 28

Is Your Vision Roadworthy? – Wiltshire Police supports national road safety campaign from Mon 27 October

Wiltshire Police is supporting a national two-week road safety campaign asking all drivers a simple but important question: “Is your vision roadworthy?” From today (Monday 27 October), officers will be carrying out roadside eyesight tests as part of efforts to reduce collisions resulting in people being killed or seriously injured (KSI) due to poor vision. If a driver is unable to read a number plate from 20 metres in daylight conditions, they will be referred to the DVLA f

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Oct 27

Restricted road and pavement outside the Reading Room

Wessex Water are replacing the water meter at the Reading Room. There are no traffic lights to control traffic past the obstruction, and the pavement has limited access.

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Oct 17

Ashley Road 'parallel' crossing - cycle lane obstructed again

The surface on the cycle path near Ashley Road has been removed and will be replaced by a non-skid surface. News from 27 September The image above left, taken on Saturday 27 September, shows the crossing back in operation. Cyclists now have priority over motorists at this point, and do not legally have to dismount. There have been fears expressed on social media of the risks of cyclists not stopping and/or motorists being unaware of their presence/the priority change. Furthe

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Oct 15

Gradidge Lane sign finally returns....

After repeated reports to Wiltshire Council, in October 2025 the sign was eventually replaced, having been removed from its post in January 2024. (To remove any doubt that was not a typo.) News from 7 May 2025 Image 5 January 2024 KMOC 16 March 2024 As reported on 5 January 2024 , the 'No entry except for Access' sign at the junction of Gradidge Lane and Phillips Lane had been damaged and it was hoped that it was simply a matter of fitting new brackets to re-install the sig

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Oct 10