In addition to the two scenarios formally presented at the Great Western Way Highway Improvement Scheme exhibition, members of the public are encouraged to submit new ideas. The intention is to test public opinion of each in turn, and then produce a final design combining those elements that prove popular with the public. “We liken it to pick ‘n’ mix sweets”, explained a spokesman. “I’d like a liquorice lace running east-west, fizzy cola bottles around the perimeter and a sherbet flying saucer in the centre. People from Bruce Street don’t like the flying saucer? Fine. Have a handful of chocolate-covered raisins instead; We’ll save the saucer for Transfer Bridges. It’s that simple, and very exciting!”.
One such design element that the team have unanimously fallen In love with is that of a children’s play area in the ‘dead space’ at the roundabout’s centre. “We’ve calculated that the wasted space in the centre of Swindon’s roundabouts represents an area larger than Lydiard Park! Bit by bit, we can create another Lydiard Park for Swindon, spread all over the town, in circular pieces”. It’s likely that the lake would be saved for the grand finale: The Transfer Bridges development in 2015. “They’ve got ducks at Lydiard. We’ll have ducks too, but we’ll also have pedalos and speedboats for hire. Imagine what a great first-impression it will give tourists arriving in the town by train!”. The proposal for Bruce Street is to replicate the fantastic playground provision from Lydiard Park. Swindon’s forward-thinking would make it the first town in western Europe to have such a revolutionary leisure hub. “If you thought the death slide at Lydiard was exciting”, he added, “wait and see how we’re incorporating the railway crossing into this one!”
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