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See attached from Wiltshire Council

Notice is hereby given that the Wiltshire Council has made an Order to close temporarily to
all traffic:
Breach Lane (Part), Royal Wootton Bassett; from its junction with A3102 to its junction
with Footpath 25, Royal Wootton Bassett.

See the alternative route attached below,
To enable: Openreach to carry out works to desilt, clear blockages, lay ducting, install a new
pole, cabling work and other associated works.
Alternative route: via C120 – Withy Bed – The Barton – Thornhill – Bushton Road –
Marlborough Road – Station Road – New Road – A3102 and vice versa.
The closure and diversion route will be clearly indicated by traffic signs.
This Order will come into operation on 23 April 2025 and the closure will be required
between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 for until 14 May 2025. It is anticipated that the works
will take the stated duration to complete depending upon weather conditions. Access will be
maintained for residents and businesses where possible, although delays are likely due to
the nature of the works. The Order will have a maximum duration of 18 months.
For further information please contact Openreach on 0800 023 2023.

Earlier in the week Wiltshire Council Leader Cllr Richard Clewer and Cabinet Member for Finance Cllr Nick Botterill hosted a Public Budget Webinar to talk through the 2025/26 budget proposals in more detail and answer questions.

The webinar can be viewed here 

 

Flooding update

Following heavy rain over the weekend and more forecast for the next few days, there are several flooding issues in Wiltshire and there may be more over the coming days. Our teams are working hard throughout the county to provide support and our Local Authority Incident Officers (LAIOs) are on standby.

Flood warnings and alerts
There are several flood warnings (flooding is expected) and flood alerts (flooding is possible) in place across the county. Please keep an eye on the Government’s flood alerts and warnings webpage for the latest and encourage people to sign up for flood warnings. There is also more advice on what do when flood warnings/alerts are in place.

Our teams are working throughout the county today to resolve any issues reported to us. All gully tankers are working to clear gullies where required and we are also clearing debris, grips and gully grates.

Road closures
We continue to keep our webpage with advice and the latest road closures as up to date as possible, but please be aware that this is a changing situation. There may be other roads, particularly side roads and smaller roads, that are experiencing flooding in the county.

Advice
Our advice to residents continues to be to take note of any signage, to not attempt to drive through flood water and to allow extra time for their journeys. Residents should follow the advice given from emergency services and the council.

Please report any issues in your communities using MyWilts as usual. Residents should also use MyWilts or call 0300 456 0105 to report issues, and we would continue to encourage you to liaise with your Flood Wardens to avoid duplicate reporting of issues where possible.

People affected by flooding
If there are any homeowners or households affected by flooding, they should contact us at  with their name, address and email address, and if any support becomes available, we can then notify them.

Waste collections
Our waste and recycling service disruption page continues to be updated with details of any issues with collections. Our advice to residents if their waste/recycling hasn’t been collected because of delays, is to leave their bin out and it will be emptied as soon as possible.

Further information and useful links
We’ll keep our flooding webpage as up to date as possible and will continue to post regular updates on our Facebook page. Local community Facebook pages such as the Spotted-type pages have also been regularly updated by residents throughout the day.

Here are some other useful links:

• Flooding information
• Sign up for flood warnings
• Flooding emergencies – Who to contact
• What to do during and after a flood
• Flooding advice for homeowners
• Flooding advice for businesses

Following this week’s publication of Wiltshire Council’s draft budget proposals for 2025/26, a public webinar is taking place soon for people to find out more and ask questions.

Wiltshire Council Leader Cllr Richard Clewer and Cabinet Member for Finance Cllr Nick Botterill will be hosting the webinar on 4 February from 6pm to talk through the proposals in more detail.

For a link to the draft proposals and information on how to join the webinar people should visit https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council-democracy-budgets-spending. People can submit any question in advance to .