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A car fire is causing long delays on the M4 motorway in Wiltshire. ... National Highways said there is a 60-minute delay on approach and is urging drivers to allow extra time for their journeys.
Wiltshire County Council's Environment and Transport Committee selected the Eastern Route (though it was the least popular) as the 'preferred route' in 2001, because the Council said that it offered the best and lowest cost way of relieving traffic congestion in the town centre. The council submitted an initial planning application during 2005.
The road was the inspiration for the song "303" on their debut album K. [68] The road was also mentioned in the Levellers' song "Battle of the Beanfield", about the attack by police on travellers celebrating the Solstice at Stonehenge (1 June 1985): "Down the '303 at the end of the road, Flashing lights, exclusion zones". [69]
The A363 is a main road in the United Kingdom which runs through Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire. [1] It provides a link between the small market towns of West Wiltshire and Bath, the M4 westbound, and the M5. It runs from the A4 at Bathford to the A350 at Yarnbrook, passing through Bradford-on-Avon and Trowbridge.
The A303 road passing by Stonehenge. The Stonehenge road tunnel is a proposal for a tunnel in Wiltshire, England, to enclose a section of the A303 in a tunnel under part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site to remove road traffic from view of the stones. Various proposals for a tunnel in the area have been made since the mid-1990s but remain ...
Wiltshire (/ ˈ w ɪ l t. ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪr /; [2] abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west.
The National Highways Agency state on their website that the A27 is the only east–west trunk road south of the M25 and it serves a population of more than 750,000 people along the south coast. They also say that safety is a problem along the A27 with many accidents and incidents along its length.
Highway was a large village, with a population of 148 recorded at the 1831 census. [4] The village declined as Calne grew, [ 5 ] with most inhabitants having left by the early 20th century. Today Highway is a hamlet consisting of the manor house, a farm, the former church and a small number of houses.