CCCllr Chris Taylor

1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Cllr Chris Taylor

   Councillor column - Could you be Manor Fields' next lollipop hero? (opens the original)

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   I have recently been knocking on the doors of houses and flats in an area of Salisbury due to a by-election in a couple of weeks' time. It is crystal clear that many local residents are fed up with politicians and we are often tarred with the same brush as Members of Parliament. Despite local councillors having no direct relationship with who resides in Downing Street we end up having to defend a variety of national policies which we are generally powerless to influence directly. But whatever mu

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2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Cllr Chris Taylor

   Councillor says roundabouts in Salisbury need a review (opens the original)

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   Had the incoming Labour government not cancelled the bypass in 1997, the local transport problems we currently face could be much more easily dealt with. Instead we are ‘blessed’ by an ‘inner ring-road’ – the A36 arterial trunk road which pours 33,500 vehicles a day, including maximum-weight HGVs, through our lovely city from the south coast container ports en route to the North and West. This road, including Southampton Road, Churchill Way and Wilton Road, is ‘owned’ by National Highways rather

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