Oxfordshire County Council has been informed of a temporary emergency road closure on the Wilcote Road whilst customer reconnection works are carried out for public safety reasons.  
 
A temporary Emergency Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate on 19 April 2023 to 23:59 hours. 
 
 Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor. 

Temporary Traffic Regulation Order – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Temporary No Waiting restriction – at Witney, New Yatt Road
 
A request has been received from IG Contractors Limited for a temporary No Waiting restriction to apply to a section of New Yatt Road, whilst essential gas main replacement works are carried out.
 
A Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is being made to implement the temporary restriction and will operate from 6 March 2023 up to and including 21 April 2023, 24 hours per day.
 
(The maximum duration of a TTRO on a road is 18 months and on a footpath is 6 months, or until completion of the works, whichever is the earlier.)
 
Notice of intention to make the Order will be published in the local press.

Oxfordshire County Council has been informed of a temporary emergency road closure on Pitts Lane whilst water mains pipe repair works are carried out for public safety reasons.  

A temporary Emergency Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 20 October 2022. 

The anticipated completion date is 24 October 2022, 24 hours per day.

Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor. 

Further information regarding the emergency works may be obtained by contacting Thames Water Helpline on 0800 316 9800.

Following the start of the consultation on the Central Oxfordshire Travel Plan last week, Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) would like to update you on their proposals for a workplace parking levy, traffic filters and expanded city centre zero emission zone in Oxford.

Since announcing the updated proposals in February 2022, OCC has had close to a hundred meetings with stakeholders, including local businesses, schools, disability groups and hospitals. Feedback from the 2019 consultation and engagement from February 2022 onwards have informed the latest revised proposals.

Support from OCC’s stakeholders will be essential to ensure the success of the proposals. A request from many of these groups was to phase the consultation and implementation of the three schemes.

OCC has decided to prioritise the traffic filters and are now proposing to introduce them as a trial next summer 2023.  This will allow them to monitor the impact of the traffic filters on the ground, seek views on how they are working and make changes, if necessary, before any decision is made about whether to make them permanent or not.

A consultation on proposals to introduce the trial traffic filters will start on 5 September 2022 and last for 28 days, ending on 3 October 2022.

If approved by county council cabinet, OCC would expect the trial to start in the summer of 2023 and continue for a minimum of six months. Members of the public and stakeholders will be able to continue to give us their views on the trial during this six-month period. The implementation of the traffic filters is needed to unlock the commitment from bus operators, Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach West, and the Department for Transport to invest in 159 new electric buses for Oxford and allow reinvestment into the Oxfordshire bus network.

Please visit OCC’s website to find out more about the traffic filters and respond to the survey: letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/traffic-filters-2022. The survey and supporting documents will be available from 5 September.

OCC will also continue with the assessment and modelling of the likely impact of the traffic filters alongside the workplace parking levy and zero emission zone on the economy, air quality and traffic levels. Public consultation on the workplace parking levy and zero emission zone is likely to take place next year. OCC will continue to engage with stakeholders and members of the public during this consultation period and beyond.