I
am a practising professional artist and teacher and have
worked closely with the tourism and leisure industry, with
links to the Channel 4. Having been impressed with
the town and surrounding countryside at Westbury, my wife
and I recently decided to make our home here.
We are so
relieved that a Public Inquiry has been granted into
Wiltshire County Council’s plans for a Westbury Eastern
Bypass. The Wellhead Valley, as can be seen if
you click on http://www.corridor-alliance.co.uk/ is
presently an outstandingly beautiful and tranquil area
which provides an ideal environment for artists and
students to observe and create their drawings and
paintings in response to this unique
landscape. Quite apart from its
enormous recreational benefit to people, many of whom
lead busy and stressful lives, it is as a wildlife
habitat for so many threatened creatures that the path
of this proposed bypass through the Wellhead Valley can
only be described as nothing other than an act of
vandalism.
We both hope and pray that the Planning Inspectorate's team
of two Inspectors will find a way in which to value this
environment and give greater weight to the need to protect
such a magnificent area, than the few seconds of journey
time savings predicted for vehicles. The landscape is
beyond price and should be preserved for the enjoyment of
future generations of residents, visitors - and creatures -
alike.
There are alternatives, please let us all consider
them carefully.
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