Wiltshire County Council was exclusively promoting its Eastern Bypass scheme, which would have been counter-productive and spoilt the hills above Westbury.

Statements issued by Wiltshire Council, even when just a bit misleading, are reiterated verbatim by local newspapers, at times presented as if factual news, without quoting the source, whereas statements by objectors to a roads-biased transport policy are invariably presented as quotes and are usually 'balanced' with an uncritically-repeated contrary statement obtained from the Council.

So I wrote this web-site, by myself, at my own cost.   I am fully independent.
I have never owned property on any of the routes through or around Westbury, or have any financial interest in the Westbury area, or any family that do.   I am not fronting the vested interests of others.   I am not in any sort of business, nor am I involved in any development.   I have never bought a home with prospects of the traffic outside it being reduced for my benefit at the expense of others.

Like most of us I own a car, but I also believe in integrated transport systems.
I walk our Salisbury Plain Escarpment in West Wiltshire.   I want to preserve it.

This web-site originated independently of the Westbury Bypass Alliance, but, having since met with them through the common purpose of defending the hills and considering proper traffic solutions, I have become a friend and supporter.

The WBA also represents villages adjacent to Westbury and is linked with the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the Campaign for Better Transport.

Almost everyone on the committee of the Bypass Alliance lives in Westbury.
The homes of some overlook the route for the eastern bypass development.
All of us are concerned that the surrounding environment is being threatened.

The A36/A350 Corridor Alliance is also standing up to the road-building lobby.

The White Horse Alliance is a wider grouping opposed to an eastern bypass.

We are not supporters of any political party or of any particular councillors.

I have lived in this area of the West of England for over thirty years:  Bristol, Salisbury, Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge and Warminster.   I think that we all have a right to offer a genuine informed opinion about the siting of new roads.

Our public money should not be wasted, our overall environment not worsened.

We are presenting information and commentary on ways forward for Westbury, with key facts which you will not find within Wiltshire Council's various publicity.

I set up this web-site because I think that it would be a sacrilege to put a road under the Escarpment and through the Wellhead Valley but also not integrate with the main railway links and industries which are to the west of Westbury.

  John Bowley
  Warminster
  Nr Westbury
  West Wiltshire