WILTSHIRE Council has suspended the alternate one-way system on the Town Bridge in Bradford on Avon for the immediate future, it was disclosed this evening.

In a statement, the Bradford on Avon Town Council leader, Dom Newton, who also chairs the council’s highways and transport committee, with his vice-chair Cllr Sarah Gibson, and town mayor Cllr Simon McNeill-Ritchie, said: “Wiltshire Council have now notified us that in the interests of children returning to school this week, they are suspending the alternate on way on the bridge for the immediate future.

“We have been working daily with Wiltshire Council to improve the operation of the system for the benefit of the whole town.

“We understand the reasons for the Wiltshire Council decision but we have expressed our deep concerns that this aspect of the scheme has been withdrawn before other measures to protect pedestrians and calm traffic have been installed in their stead.

“We will continue to review and revise the system with Wiltshire Council.”

See this week’s Wiltshire Times for full story on the latest developments.