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Westwood Roads : Schedule of Works & 20mph Trial Updates

Over the coming weeks and months, there are a number of important events and extensive road works in and around Westwood. The schedule of events is tabled below :

Date	Event
10^th January	20mph trial : metro count. This will last for one week.
January	20mph trial : agreement of the content of the Community Questionnaire with Wiltshire Council for all 6 villages participating in the County trial. The timetable for the distribution of the questionnaire, collection of feedback, and the publication of the results and recommendations from the 20mph trials will be published in due course.
16^th - 29^th February	All roads in and around Upper and Lower Westwood, including the whole length of Lower Westwood Road, will be “patched” in advance of work the surface dressing programme this Summer. Full details of the affected roads, their closures and suggested alternative routes during the works have been posted below on this page and on village notice boards.
early March	An On-Carriageway Footpath, sometimes referred to as a “”Virtual Pavement” will be installed immediately after the patching works on the Lower Westwood Road between the junction to Upper Westwood and the junction to Farleigh Hungerford. All markings will be reinstated after the surface dressing works later in the Summer.
late March	20mph trial : an additional metro count is being requested after the installation of the On-Carriageway Footway to collect further data.
June / July	All roads in and around Upper and Lower Westwood, including the whole length of Lower Westwood Road, will be surface dressed. Clearly, all road markings will be repainted at this time.

Westwood Wiltshire Road Survey

Update: Wiltshire Council road resurfacing schedule 2012

Several of our local roads are to be resurfaced. The plans are to be implemented from February 2012. The roads selected for resurfacing and maps showing the alternative routes can be accessed here: Closure Plans (maps: scroll down for the Westwood map) and Notice of closures

Westwood PC decided to undertake a survey of the condition of the roads both within the village and in the parish of Westwood with Iford. Some photographs are now available. The first area being Staples Hill, the part that is in Wiltshire.