The County Council has issued more words to explain that London Road won’t be improved till next summer.

As you are probably already aware in 2011 we were successful in securing money in 2011 from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) for a package of improvement measures in the London Road corridor between Thornhill park and ride and Headington. Feasibility work started in January 2012 and the scheme since developed will extend the inbound bus lane on London Road from the roundabout. The project also includes changes to the western approach to the Green Road roundabout to improve conditions for bus and coach services travelling from this direction.

Investigation work has also been carried out to assess the condition of the existing road construction and the maintenance measures required.  The intention is that we carry out any maintenance work in conjunction with the overall improvement scheme in order to minimise disruption and deliver the work more cost effectively. The anticipate programme for the delivery of the scheme is April to October 2014.

The detailed design for the maintenance work is still in progress. The current proposal would result in a combined scheme whereby the whole of the carriageway between the Roundabout and Wharton Road is resurfaced.

By combining the works in this way we are able to get the best value out of the funding we have available. However, in the meantime, we are continuing to carry out repairs such as filling potholes as necessary.