RESIDENTS in one of Swindon's newest communities are already at loggerheads over key issues which will affect the area.

Speed humps and the bus service in Taw Hill are causing concerns for many homeowners.

While some would like to see the speed humps taken out because they are tired of the jolts received every time they drive over them, others want to see them kept in.

A question mark also hangs over the proposed bus route in the area where building work is in its final stages.

At the moment, the bus service does not go beyond the first roundabout by the Tawny Owl pub.

But when the village centre opens in the coming weeks, some residents say it will be vital for a bus to reach the shops and services there.

Mark Edwards, vice chairman of the Taw Hill Residents' Association, said many meetings have already been held to try to resolve the issue.

He said: "The Taw Hill development is in the late stages of being finished and the road through the middle, Queen Elizabeth Drive, is a proposed bus route.

"The humps there will need to be removed for the buses to travel along it.

"There are lots of different opinions and lots of emotions coming from residents.

"There are people who want the humps left in and others who want them taken out.

"There just doesn't seem to be an obvious solution at the moment."

Matters are complicated further because Queen Elizabeth Drive has not been adopted by Swindon Council and several building companies have responsibility for different sections.

Mr Edwards said: "The residents' association is acting as a go-between for the different parties who don't always talk to each other.

"There has to be joined-up planning about the road.

"It has to be improved for residents and any building work must be carried out with minimum inconvenience."