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 plans for a Westbury Eastern Bypass.The Wellhead Valley, as can be seen if you click on  http://www.corridor-alliance.co.uk/
http://www.westbury-wilts-bypass.info/ 
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.