Relief road bid impresses minister (From The Oxford Times)
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Relief road bid impresses minister
11:00am Friday 11th January 2013 in News
PLANS for a new relief road to reduce congestion to the northwest of Oxford have impressed a senior Tory minister, it was claimed last night.
Council chiefs in Oxfordshire met with Minister of State for Business and Enterprise Michael Fallon about their City Deal application on Wednesday.
A link road connecting the A40 and A44, to take traffic away from the Wolvercote roundabout, has been put forward as part of a bid which sees Oxford pitch itself as a world leader in hi-tech and scientific business. It is part of Oxford’s bid to gain City Deal status, which offers devolved powers from central Government and private and public funding.
County council leader Ian Hudspeth said Mr Fallon had welcomed the proposals. Mr Hudspeth said: “He was very impressed that all the local authorities are working together to drive this bid forward. He was also impressed with the way we’re working with the Local Enterprise Partnership and linking in with the universities.”
Mr Hudspeth believes the bid will open the way for a package of congestion-beating projects, including new slip roads on the A34 at the Chilton and Milton junctions, along with the new A40/A44 link. The relief road would be built west of the A34.
Oxford is in the running for City Deal status with 20 other cities.
Comments(6)
West Oxon Webwatcher
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12:05pm Fri 11 Jan 13
BigAlBiker
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12:06pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Simples.
PJay
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12:27pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Phian
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12:41pm Fri 11 Jan 13
BigAlBiker wrote:I'm not too sure what the good people of Cassington would think out that, or those who wish to travel between Hanborough and Eynsham.
I always thought it best to keep cars flowing and not stick traffic lights and roundabout everywhere, so if the council want to ease the congestion lose the Cassington lights and dispose of the roundabout at Eynsham, traffic would then flow to the dual carrigeway a lot easier.
Simples.
Grunden Skip
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1:52am Sat 12 Jan 13
Phian wrote:You can't put a couple of minor B roads ahead of a major A road, And if the Tin Hat had been built 20 years ago, then we wouldn't have this problem now. This A40/44 link was proposed about 7 years ago, and never got off the drawing board, expect this one to go the same way.
BigAlBiker wrote:I'm not too sure what the good people of Cassington would think out that, or those who wish to travel between Hanborough and Eynsham.
I always thought it best to keep cars flowing and not stick traffic lights and roundabout everywhere, so if the council want to ease the congestion lose the Cassington lights and dispose of the roundabout at Eynsham, traffic would then flow to the dual carrigeway a lot easier.
Simples.
H.J.Harris says...
11:19am Fri 11 Jan 13
Bypassing the roundabout will not cure the congestion on the overloaded A40 between Witney and Oxford but it will surely improve traffic flow.