A PUBLIC consultation about plans for a A350 bypass for Melksham could begin as soon as the end of October.
Wiltshire Council will discuss the proposed public consultation at their cabinet meeting on Tuesday 13th October. The public consultation period could then begin in late October/early November.
According to an update on the bypass plans, discussed at last week’s Melksham Without Parish Council meeting, adoption of a “preferred” route for the bypass will probably take place next year, “subject to the outcome of the public consultation”.
It is not know yet what will be presented to the public during the consultation. However, in February, a spokesperson for Wiltshire Council told Melksham News that the A350 bypass scheme will consider two options for the route of the bypass to the east of the town – a shorter route ‘Option A’, costing an estimated £51.2million, that would connect the A350 north of Beanacre with Eastern Way (where it meets with Sandridge Common); and a second longer route ‘Option C’, costing an estimated £135.8million, that would connect the A350 north of Beanacre with the A350 Semington bypass, south of Bowerhill.
