The diagram below shows two link roads: to help at Yarnbrook and to direct lorries into the industrial areas from the west.  They would be relatively short sections of new road and, not being part of a strategic route to the coast, would be much cheaper to build, being of a lower specification.  The link road from the west could curve, to avoid it going too near to properties.  These roads would not be noisy like a major bypass.

Existing residential roads could benefit by having access to the route from the industrial areas to the A36, but would not be used to divert traffic through them.

The existing south entrance to the industrial estate in Westbury in the Ham area would be closed to HGVs, so that fewer would come through the town.  Communities along the A361, as well as people in Westbury along the present A350 roads etc, would benefit from the new westerly entrance into the industrial area. Many HGV operators, such as the milk plant, would naturally prefer to go directly to the A36.

Lorries from the cement works would also follow the new routes, in order to avoid Westbury town centre.

Long distance lorries going between the M4 and south coast would be re-directed via the A34, M3 & M27, as recommended by the Bristol & Bath to South Coast Study.   It is in fact rather cheaper on fuel for lorries to use this route, because there are fewer roundabouts and less gear-changing.   The BBSCS consultants recommend that signs should be put up to direct long-distance HGVs away from the A350 and the A36.

A second stage of the ACA link roads plan would involve a further link to the railway station, so that buses and cars could get there more easily.  It would allow Westbury rail station to be upgraded to a parkway, which would be to the benefit of the whole of our part of Wiltshire.

A link road system is also envisaged to relieve the existing tail-backs on the A350 at West Ashton.

We all see halted cars etc waiting as far back as Heywood, with another queue of near-stationary vehicles from Yarnbrook to West Ashton.  It is obvious that the Yarnbrook roundabout is inadequate for the vehicles coming onto it from several directions and that the West Ashton crossroads are sufficiently close for them all to be at near to a gridlock at times.   Long vehicles are slow in getting past the Yarnbrook roundabout.  Few HGVs move at a time, because of the opposing lines of other vehicles.  They are slow in pulling away from the traffic-light controlled crossroads at West Ashton also.  Hence the congestion between villages.  Local link roads could allow vehicles to go past the bottlenecks.

The ACA's diagram of suggested link roads has been kept simple, to best show the fundamental principles.

The diagram is also schematic to avoid planning blight prior to the concept being developed and finalised.

A non-government organisation, such as the ACA, obviously cannot anyway publish detailed route maps.

The ACA's role is to propose a feasible alternative which would serve the obvious transport and economic needs of the town and surrounding areas, for a fraction of the disproportionate financial and environmental cost of the WCC eastern bypass scheme.  The ACA publish only a basic plan outlining some of the functions that a link road system could perform - which include reducing overall traffic congestion and pollution.

The blue lines indicate proposed new HGV routes into and out of the major employment area of Westbury.

It is anticipated that these would effectively relieve Westbury's traffic congestion, which is visibly caused by heavy vehicles having to slowly negotiate the many tight corners in the town and coming to a standstill whenever there is anything in the way.   HGV operators would benefit from the new direct route system.

The ACA proposals need to be professionally developed by fresh unbiased consultant highways engineers, who would survey and design the link roads, preferably independently of the County Council.