Route plans for the Chippenham distributor road Councillors have blasted Future Chippenham plans which they say will turn Chippenham into a mini-Swindon. Bremhill parish councillor, Ian James said the proposals to build 7,500 houses across the east and south of Chippenham would create a mini-Swindon and “destroy 2,000 acres of valuable farmland.” Cllr James added that the plans to build a distributor road would bring increased traffic. He said: “This excessive number of houses is unsustainable and creates some huge risks. An additional 15,000 cars on roads around Chippenham and Calne will make increased traffic congestion inevitable, as the road will be a low speed distributor road running through housing developments, not a relief road as the council would have us believe.”
Route plans for the Chippenham distributor road Councillors have blasted Future Chippenham plans which they say will turn Chippenham into a mini-Swindon. Bremhill parish councillor, Ian James said the proposals to build 7,500 houses across the east and south of Chippenham would create a mini-Swindon and “destroy 2,000 acres of valuable farmland.” Cllr James added that the plans to build a distributor road would bring increased traffic. He said: “This excessive number of houses is unsustainable and creates some huge risks. An additional 15,000 cars on roads around Chippenham and Calne will make increased traffic congestion inevitable, as the road will be a low speed distributor road running through housing developments, not a relief road as the council would have us believe.”