Mill Lane connected Old Town and Wichelstowe, but now motorists will have to find alternative routes. Instead, it will be made into a safe and green route for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the Wichelstowe development. Part of the original planning permission to build the expansion mandated the road’s closure. The suburban road becomes a small, twisting and narrow country lane – barely wider than a single carriageway and with a difficult hill to negotiate – and HGV drivers following satnav have faced difficulty in recent years. The closure sparked debate on the Adver s Facebook page and here are a selection of the comments.
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