With all the development being proposed in Mill Lane there will have to be improvements to the junction with the Bath Road. Whatever is done is likely to make it easier for traffic to get in and out of Mill Lane, thus increasing its use as a rat-run.
There is one very easy solution to the rat-run problem: close the road to motorised traffic. If the closure is on the steep and narrow section east of the Jubilee River it will have minimal impact on the people who live and work on Mill Lane while reducing the rat-run traffic across the whole of Taplow. I suspect that over 80% of peak-hour traffic on Mill Lane is rat-runners so this simple measure could improve the quality of life for a lot of people.
How about it? Will the Society adopt this as a target to campaign for?
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AndrewFindlay - 28 Apr 2008
Yes, a very good suggestion. Safety is being compromised as frantic, late drivers tear down the country lane, so closing the road will definitely be an improvement.
