tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post112063617495966716..comments2024-01-09T13:27:08.545+00:00Comments on swanageview: Pedestrianise Town Centre?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-1121336777542673532005-07-14T11:26:00.000+01:002005-07-14T11:26:00.000+01:00The build-up of traffic through Station and Instit...The build-up of traffic through Station and Institute Roads is constantly increasing and must soon reach congestion point. IInstitute Road is also increasingly dangerous and uncrossable at various points in and even out of season. So pedestrianisation is inevitable in the long run and also socially desirable. A major tourist and residential car park at the approaches to the town would in fact Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-1120851878718448412005-07-08T20:44:00.000+01:002005-07-08T20:44:00.000+01:00Cock-eyed idea for me! has no chance of getting of...Cock-eyed idea for me! has no chance of getting off the planning board.<BR/>Dancing Ledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-1120816252061798592005-07-08T10:50:00.000+01:002005-07-08T10:50:00.000+01:00Its difficult to see how a car park under the rec ...Its difficult to see how a car park under the rec would reduce traffic in Station Road. Perhaps bigger and better signposting to the Victoria Avenue car park from Shore Rd and at the traffic lights would help. Is this really ant better than making the Victoria Avenue car park an underground one and building houses over it?<BR/><BR/>Routing traffic down Northbrook Road has been left on the back Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-1120758138323023582005-07-07T18:42:00.000+01:002005-07-07T18:42:00.000+01:00The Town needs to make a fundamental decision firs...The Town needs to make a fundamental decision first as to what sort of tourism is wanted (if any by the way things are run). We also have to decide if the level of change necessary to attract enough people to support such a major development is sustainable.<BR/>I hope so…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-1120680342188039702005-07-06T21:05:00.000+01:002005-07-06T21:05:00.000+01:00Other schemes which bit the dust in the late 60's ...Other schemes which bit the dust in the late 60's early 70's which deserve to be revived were the "relief" road from Coombe/Gully to the then youthful Durlston Country Park, this would facilitate access to the hospital without going through the town centre, also the scheme to use Northbrook Road as the main route to/from Studland. I would also throw in upgrading, in a very sympathetic way, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com