The final decision on whether traffic proposals will go ahead for the Highfield and Old Road areas will take place on Thursday at County Hall.  Officers are recommending the same scheme that went out for consultation in December/January.

The main features of the proposed scheme are junction improvements on Old Road/The Slade/Windmill Road and Old Road/Gipsy Lane junctions, cycle facilities on Old Road coupled with removal of the centre line, and a zebra crossing near to Stapleton Road. Raised entry treatments are proposed on the side road junctions of Old Road and London Road, with a narrow raised table at the junction of Lime Walk and All Saints Road.

For more plans and details of the scheme please click here.

It is hardly surprising that the County only received 41 feedback responses to the proposals document in its consultation from December to January. The response of residents from the Highfield area was very muted; disappointment was expressed by a large number of people who  could not understand why the funding for improvements had been reduced significantly from the scheme that had been previously proposed, or how the new proposed scheme would tackle the key issue of speeding. They also felt that the the proposed expansion of the University’s Old Road site would impact on the current situation. Talks are on-going with the University on how developer money for the new development could be spent on improving cycle routes along Old Road, so this decision is being made at an awkward time.

If you have issues you want councillors to raise on your behalf at the meeting on Thursday please email Ruth on ruth.wilkinson@oxfordlibdems.org.uk

Members of the public are allowed to petition, please contact graham.warrington@oxfordshire.gov.uk 01865 815321 if you wish to speak.