Fighting for footpaths
Cllrs Oldrieve and Hubbard put a motion to February's council meeting calling on WC to do more to look after the county's decaying footpath network.

Cllrs Oldrieve and Hubbard put a motion to February's council meeting calling on WC to do more to look after the county's decaying footpath network.
It's commonplace in Parliament at question time, and now it's come to Wiltshire. The agenda for the February council meeting included a total of 38 questions of which 18 came from Conservative…
Many new housing estates are not designed to cope with bin lorries. Because they're also not designed with adequate parking arrangements the problem for waste collection vehicles is compounded. Some…
Wiltshire Council's 'Cabinet' has agreed to allow one more day per week opening of the Household Recycling Centre (HRC) in Canal Road Trowbridge over the summer. Previous cuts had led to difficulties…
The first part of the town to get a reduced speed limit will be College Road and surrounding residential areas. This follows the work done more than a decade ago to get the speed humps and the 'Home…
The site would be at the junction of Westbury Road and Phillips Way, opposite Platinum Motors. There would be a twelve-pump filling station including four for HGVs, along with a Budgens store and a…
Trowbridge is hosting a special guest from Kenya on Tuesday 7th March from 15:00 - 17:30, to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight (7 Feb - 13 Mar) and to hear a producer's perspective on the difference…
The budget papers have been published here. Have a look and see what you think.
The old Bowyers site in Trowbridge remains derelict, but Innox Mills Limited, a consortium of property investors, say they'll be putting in a new application for a mixed-use scheme later this year.
This time it's on the edge of Trowbridge, though mostly in Southwick and North Bradley parishes. Developers Waddeton Park Limited want to build on a swathe of land east of Frome Road and south of…