Traffic Sensitive Street consultation comments with responses.
The table below summarises the responses made as part of the Traffic Sensitive Street consultation. We have reviewed and assessed them and have summarised our comments in the last column.
Where we have agreed we have stated as such and updated the traffic sensitivity accordingly, where we have considered the change request but not changed the proposal we have tried explain why.
We received a good number of responses that have obviously been carefully considered, and as such we would like to thank all those who took the time to respond.
Consultee Raised Response A Councillor We believe that A 423 and particularly the A 361, Agreed – These streets will (County, district, which takes most of the traffic, should be considered be traffic sensitive. These town, parish). sensitive at the time of the Cropredy Festival in August. streets meet criteria A.
High Street, Milton under Wychwood Map SP 21 NW & Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor SP 21 NE AND The Sands/Frog Lane, Milton under reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, Wychwood against the criteria outlined town, parish). The High Street is a narrow single carriageway (due to in the consultation residential/business parked cars on one side) two-way document. This location street with limited passing places and narrow does not currently meet the pedestrian walkways on each side. It is the main criteria to become TSS. If thoroughfare for traffic through the village from the the situation changes this A424, south from Burford, hamlet of Upper Milton and location will be included in shortly from the new development of 60 houses at the the next review. No change end of the High Street which will increase the traffic to be made. flow through the village. The new pub at the Shipton Road also increases the cars parked on both sides of the road which also limit free traffic flow. Due to the increasingly heavy traffic flow relative to this narrow street, works need to be co-ordinated to permit alternative route via The Sands/Frog Lane and to alert all residents who will require significant warning of the disturbance due to limited driveway parking on this street. Whilst it does not satisfy the criteria of having more than 500 cars per hour (which is unlikely in any rural setting), given the increasing volume of traffic resulting from large developments, parked cars and narrowness of the High Street which is the main thoroughfare, consideration needs to be given when planning works.
Timing of the consultation process may have an TSS reviews are an Works promoter adverse affect upon delivery of annual programme for essential element of highways works. Would be useful to understand what managing our network and restrictions may be put onto a road following it being Oxfordshire County Council designated at traffic sensitive to allow a better have an obligation to review. understanding of potential impact.
The Oakley Road entry into Horton cum Studley up to Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor intersection with the Bucks border reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, against the criteria outlined town, parish). in the consultation document. This location does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
A Councillor Along with the A40 and the A329 through the parish, Noted – Traffic sensitivity (County, district, the Parish Council considers that Lower End, Church will be reviewed on a 3 year town, parish). Road, High Street and The Green, Great Milton should basis against the criteria be considered traffic sensitive given traffic flows outlined in the consultation (Criteria A) and the presence of a school and document. This location businesses there. does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
Gravel Walk, Farringdon. Gravel Walk is part of the No comment. A Councillor A417 providing the link between Lechlade and (County, district, Wantage and access to Oxford and Swindon. It town, parish). connects two one-way streets, Gloucester St and Marlborough St, both part of the A4095 Faringdon to Bicester road. Closure of Gravel Walk means that access to Gloucester St , Lechlade Rd (A417) and all parts of Faringdon off Lechlade Rd are cut off with the only access a 16.5 mile detour via Highworth and Lechlade. The one-way system means that traffic can move in a clockwise direction west to east, but not east to west if Gravel Walk is closed. The A417 is used by heavy vehicles accessing Lechlade and Cirencester from the east and all heavy traffic accessing the town centre from the west and east via the A420. London Rd/St has a weight restriction and should not be used to access the town centre from the A420 for heavy vehicles. The one-way system means that Gloucester St and Marlborough St are also traffic sensitive. Closure of any part of the A4095 through the town; i.e. Gloucester St, Cornmarket, Market Place, Church St, denies access for heavy vehicles to the farms south of the Radcot Bridges along Radcot Rd.
Closure of any of the above streets prevents buses accessing the town centre thereby restricting the transport options for elderly people who live in the town centre. It also denies delivery vehicles from accessing the town centre affecting businesses that are already under stress.
Traffic Sensitive Streets SU 58 SE & SU 68 SW The scale of the events do A Councillor not qualify to make this part (County, district, In the current proposals 1/2 of "The Street, Reading" of the TSS network. If you town, parish). has been designated as traffic sensitive, the half do have any events which between the junction of Ferry Road, and Crosskeys require road closures please Road. South Stoke Parish Council believe that the contact Oxfordshire County whole length of The Street should be classed as traffic Council’s filming and events sensitive, as there are a number of events during the team. No change to be year which use the whole length of the street. made.
The street through the village of Besselsleigh should Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor be classified as traffic sensitive reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, against the criteria outlined town, parish). The ever increasing traffic on the A420 (due to in the consultation significant building projects) is increasing the amount document. This location of traffic using the lane through Besselsleigh as a rat does not currently meet the run. criteria to become TSS. If The lane is not fit for such a purpose and is becoming the situation changes this increasingly dangerous. location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
Cogges Hill Road - serves local school and is Timing duration of works is A Councillor exceptionally busy at peak times. a factor taken into account (County, district, It would be helpful to understand better the decision by the Network Coordination town, parish). making concerning the timing of roadworks. team when processing notices and permits to minimise disruption and congestion.
Cogges Hill Road does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
Mollington Road from the A423 to the junction with Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor Claydon Road reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, against the criteria outlined town, parish). The roads in and around Cropredy are particularly in the consultation sensitive at the time of the annual Cropredy Festival document. This location (Fairport Convention) which takes place each year in does not currently meet the early August. criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. Events of this scale are managed by our filming and events team who look to minimise disruption and congestion during the life of an event through effective diversions and traffic management.
Just to say definitely in agreement that the B480 No comment A Councillor through Cuxham should be on the sensitive list as: (County, district, 1. Traffic has increased very materially over the past town, parish). five years - at least doubled 2. Over 19% of vehicles travel at over 30mph when last surveyed with the speed watch equipment 3. Traffic will more than double again if the SODC projections relating to Chalgrove development prove accurate 4. Many of the building on the north side of the village are directly on the road and are 16th and 17th century with no foundations so are susceptible to vibration damage
The three lanes leading into Brightwell Baldwin and Does not meet criteria for A Councillor Upperton from the B4009 and B480 should be TSS. Traffic sensitivity will (County, district, classified as traffic sensitive. If cul-de-sacs in the be reviewed on a 3 year town, parish). neighbouring village of Ewelme are apparently to be basis against the criteria classified, then it makes sense that the lanes through outlined in the consultation Brightwell Baldwin should definitely be classified. Our document. This location lanes are used as rat-runs by commuter traffic, there does not currently meet the are school buses that collect and deliver children, and criteria to become TSS. If there are ~80 properties in the village. Some of our the situation changes this villagers are on-call for RAF Benson. location will be included in the next review. No change The Chalgrove designation also looks odd, streets into to be made. and out of the village are not to be classified, although 100 metres into the village the same streets WILL be classified.
Whitchurch-on-Thames High Street. It seems to be Agreed – This street will be Resident listed on the map you provided but I did not see it on traffic sensitive. This street the list. There are over 6000 vehicles per day that use meets criteria A. the High Street and any traffic disruption would have a major impact on many people. There are very limited The criteria we have used is alternate routes all of which have a major time impact. an industry standard There are also safety concerns with residents supported by central accessing medical emergency facilities. government to ensure consistency of the wider The criteria you used seemed to be based on very high network. volumes, and it it hard to judge if the numbers are realistic or not but they seem very high. I think that the numbers should also consider factors such as availability of alternate routes and how much time a diversion would take residents. Also the impact to emergency medical facilities, schools and other local amenities.
A4074 - major route between Oxford and Reading. This street will be traffic A Councillor High accident rate in part of road within the parish of sensitive. This street meets (County, district, Kidmore End and surrounding parishes. Road has criteria A. town, parish). many bends and is mostly 50mph
Eynsham Road Cassington. Last Monday in June Further advice is available A Councillor every year. We have a Bike Night. from our Filming and Events (County, district, https://cassingtonbikenight.wordpress.com/about-the- team to help further manage town, parish). event this large scale event. An individual event does not The village has hosted the event for almost 30 years. meet the criteria for making The event was run for many years by The British a street traffic sensitive. No Motorcycle Riders Club Oxford (BMRCO) who used it change to be made. as their annual club membership renewal meeting. W can have upto 10,000 bike attend.
We would like to confirm our support to Wroslyn Road, No comment. A Councillor Witney Road, The Green and Eynsham Road all being (County, district, included on the list. These are already shown and we town, parish). just wanted to confirm our support for these roads all being included. We organise Oxford Open Doors each year on the Further advice is available Other group or second weekend in September as part of the national from our Filming and Events organisation Heritage Open Days scheme. We see over 30,000 team to help further manage visitors each year who come to explore over 150 this large scale event. venues and events over that weekend and this number grows annually. Although the streets within Oxford city are already designated as traffic sensitive, we would like to consider this annual event when planning any works that affect city centre streets and the main routes to and from the city centre.
As far as I can tell from the list of roads, many of which Criteria was determined on A Councillor fall into other County Councillor's Division and yet fall a USRN (unique street (County, district, under the geographic name of Faringdon??? reference number) basis to town, parish). which the nearest town label is applied rather than split by Councillor division.
Please confirm that there is evidence to back up the Evidence for criteria A, B,E Works promoter designations made under the criterion a), b), e) & g). & G was obtained using The Streetworks regulations 2007 (SI 1951) regulation OCC and DfT traffic count 16 (3) states that a street authority may only designate data, Travel line bus data a street as traffic-sensitive for the times and on the and OCC mapping. dates when one or more of the criteria set out in paragraph (2) apply Adding a generic time against Specific times were orinially each criteria does not meet this particular requirement. omitted from the initial Each street must be assessed individually and the consultation but were added appropriate TS times should be applied accordingly. in as a resilt of an informal There are footpath and tracks classified as TS within representation. the document provided under several different criteria. We would welcome visibility of your evidence for these Footpaths and tracks were particular types of thoroughfare. We asked on several identified incorrectly in the occasions for the list of USRNs and details in an excel original consulation and format to enable a full and proper review. We have not have been removed from received this so our ability to analyse the data you the list of Traffic Sensitive provided has been very limited. Somw examples of locations. tracks & footpaths include 36297834 Track from Britwell hill to Huntingland house access road, Data has been provided in 36299993 TRACK BETWEEN FIREBRASS HILL AND an excel format as HUNTINGLANDS HOUSE ACCESS ROAD, 43655120 requested and an extension FOOTPATH FRONT OF 26-28 WADARDS MEADOW, to the consultation deadline As the format of your files is not conducive to analysis, agreed. we would respectfully like to ask for an extension on this consultation as well as an excel version of your Agreed – Tracks, footpaths briefing. will not be classified as TSS.
The proposal is for a significant increase in the number Other group or of streets and roads covered by Traffic Sensitive No national additions have organisation Streets conditions. If OCC is able to use these to better been made to the traffic manage traffic and conflicts between roadworks and sensitivity criteria regarding other uses of the streets this is a good thing and we cycling. We will take this support it. idea forwards with the appropriate bodies. Looking ahead, and with reference to the Active Travel Motion passes unanimously by the Council in November 2018, we propose an additional criterion. "The street is part of Oxfordshire's Strategic Active Travel Network. This should also apply to tracks which are not on highways but still an important part of the transport network." The Parish Council agree that Sydenham Road No comment. A Councillor through the village of Sydenham (SP 70 SW) should (County, district, be included on the list as proposed. town, parish).
Barns Lane Does not meet criteria for A Councillor Swan Lane TSS. Traffic sensitivity will (County, district, Tanners Lane be reviewed on a 3 year town, parish). Witney Street basis against the criteria Sheep Street outlined in the consultation Church Lane document. This location does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
I would ask that you consider this matter with regard to No additional changes have Resident the document Manual for Streets published in 2015 been made to the national that seeks to emphasise the need to depart from the criteria for establishing assessment of village streets in accordance with the traffic sensitivity. Should any Roads & Bridges- Traffic Signs Manual. Any village changes be made in the road with residential properties should be regarded as future to reflect this we will Traffic Sensitive and administered accordingly. review the TSS network It is of paramount importance that this route is included accordingly. in the Traffic Sensitive Streets as we frequently have HGV lorries attempting to get to and from the M40, not understanding the scarcely adequate signing of the low bridge.
Oxford Road; Cuddesdon Road within speed restricted area; Cuddesdon Road to Wheatley subject to National Speed limit extensively used as a short cut to and from the M40 is a danger to village residents. In busy periods they are used by excessive numbers of vehicles, a current traffic survey is about to take place. Village roads such as Butts Road; Blenheim Road; Spring Lane present a serious problem for any road works. These roads are also much to narrow for large vehicles, this arises from the use of SAT NAV by drivers of unsuitable vehicles. Damage to residents houses occur when this happens. The unnamed extension of Gidley Way into Littleworth must also be classed as Traffic Sensitive due to its width and alignment.
We are in agreement with the proposed changes No comment. shown Local employer
Station Road, Brize Norton, Carterton Road, Brize We take this into account in A Councillor Norton and Monahan Way, Brize Norton/Carterton. planning each repatriation (County, district, event and will remove works town, parish). When repatriations take place it would be disruptive from the route to avoid and insensitive to cause delays to the funeral cortege if disruption and delays to the roadworks are in place cortege.
This consultation seems to have far too many traffic We have applied the A Councillor sensitive streets. How will this be managed. Many national criteria and are in (County, district, seem to be in there for condition F alone (salting if I line with other authorities. town, parish). recall). Although I am happy to have many local streets We have made some designated I am worried there are so many that the activities seasonal to best designation will become meaningless. reflect activities on the network.
Ordance Survey Pathfinder Map Reference: Both the Kennington Road A Councillor Coordinates covering: and The Avenue are traffic (County, district, 035518 at North End sensitive under our town, parish). 010525 at South End proposals.
The Kennington Road and the Avenue Road, Oxford. The Kennington village has the following important services located within and running through the area.
GP Clinic Primary School Public Transportation - No. 35 Kennington - Oxford Bus Company Route.
Cannot open maps. Maps supplied during the A Councillor consultation period (County, district, High Street, Harwell is affected annually by road town, parish). closures for If you do have any events which require road closures Harwell Feast parade, late May Bank Holiday please contact Oxfordshire RBL Memorial parade, 11th November County Council’s filming and RBL Memorial parade, Remembrance Sunday (dates events team. vary)
Reason for inclusion - I (local event)
This was discussed at Banbury Traffic Advisory No comment A Councillor Committee on 29 May 2019 and the proposals were (County, district, supported. town, parish). Simultaneous roadworks on any combination of the No comment A Councillor A418, A329 and B4012 should be avoided. (County, district, town, parish).
We are grateful that the road between Uffington and If you do have any events A Councillor Kingston Lisle, through Fawler, is proposed for which require road closures (County, district, inclusion as 'traffic-sensitive'. We wish to request that please contact Oxfordshire town, parish). there should be no road works at all on any of the County Council’s filming and approaches to Uffington and Kingston Lisle on account events team. of the White Horse Show, over the August Bank Holiday annually (both Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday). The show site is in the area of Fawler, between Uffington and Kingston Lisle, and generates heavy traffic flows on both days, with up to 15,000 people attending during the show. This is on the grounds that 'The street is on a tourist route or within an area where international, national, or significant major local events take place.' The criteria which covers this is I (India).
Secondly, we ask that the 'ring road' around Uffington village, partially shown on the Uffington map, i.e., Broad Street, High Street, and Woolstone Road, should be 'joined up' on the map and considered for inclusion to the extent that it should always be possible to travel around Uffington village in at least one direction – i.e., only one set of roadworks in the village at any one time.
I would like to note my complete agreement with your If you do have any events A Councillor proposed change to include the B4022 - especially which require road closures (County, district, through the village of Hailey - as a sensitive road. please contact Oxfordshire town, parish). Please note in particular that we hold an annual (since County Council’s filming and 2012) Hailey Festival programme throughout the events team. month of JUNE that relies on the road being available for motorists and pedestrians to enjoy the various activities on offer (e.g. scarecrow competition, open gardens, summer fete, etc.) and any works on the road during the month of June would be detrimental. Hence much appreciated if the B4022 through Hailey village be treated as a traffic sensitive road throughout June every year. Thanks.
Yes major events in Wallingford - please note this A Councillor dates may vary slightly form year to year: If you do have any events (County, district, Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday (5/2/2019) - Market which require road closures town, parish). Place Area roads closed please contact Oxfordshire Town Litter Pick (16/03/2019) County Council’s filming and St Georges Day (27/04/2019) - Market Place Area events team. roads closed Wallingford Spring Fair - Kinecroft (2nd - 4th May 2019) Vehicle Rally and Parade - Market Place and Kinecroft (12/5/2019) Mayor's Sunday (19/05/2019) - Market Place Area roads closed Carnival - (15/06/2019 - 3rd Sat in June) Market Place Area roads closed RugFest - Sports Park - (21-23/06/2019) Cycling Festival - (13-14/07/2019) - Extensive road closures in Wallingford BunkFest - 30/8 - 1/9 2019 - Market Place Area roads closed Wilding and Andrew Memorial (Generally 2nd Sat in September) Memorial Service on junction of Wilding and Andrew Roads in Wallingford. Agatha Christie Weekend (Generally 2nd weekend in September) Michaelmas Fair (4th week/weend in September) Fireworks (Generally nearest Saturday to 5th November)-Remembrance Sunday - Market Place Area roads closed Christmas Festival ( Generally 1st Sunday in December) Town Carols (Generally 2nd Wednesday in December)
No other comments. No comment A Councillor (County, district, town, parish).
Pyrton Lane between Cuxham Road in Watlington and Does not meet criteria for A Councillor the lane through Pyrton. TSS. Traffic sensitivity will (County, district, Map reference SU 69 SE square 69 95 be reviewed on a 3 year town, parish). basis against the criteria This is a minor country lane which has become a rat outlined in the consultation run for traffic wishing to avoid the centre of Watlington document. This location and suffers from congestion during rush hours and does not currently meet the excessive speeds on the parts of the road used as a criteria to become TSS. If pedestrian route - there are no footpaths alongside the the situation changes this road. location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
A Councillor The Town Council is content with the proposed No comment (County, district, changes. town, parish).
I have sent a list of Henley Town events to Keith A Councillor Stenning's email address which we would be grateful if If you do have any events (County, district, you would be mindful of when accepting road closures. which require road closures town, parish). please contact Oxfordshire County Council’s filming and events team. The A361 that passes through Wardington - I want to A Councillor reiterate what is on Cropredy's map. A closure of this If you do have any events (County, district, road during Fairport Convention week would be which require road closures town, parish). disastrous. please contact Oxfordshire County Council’s filming and events team.
Full length of both Witney Road, Ducklington and Does not meet criteria for A Councillor Standlake Road, Ducklington. They both run through TSS. Traffic sensitivity will (County, district, the heart of the village. be reviewed on a 3 year town, parish). When the A415 is closed, usually due to serious basis against the criteria accidents, these 2 roads become the main link through outlined in the consultation Ducklington into/out of Witney. document. This location They are also used as a "rat run" when the A415 is does not currently meet the congested, which happens often. criteria to become TSS. If Most importantly, Witney Road is within 100 metres of the situation changes this a busy and critical roundabout system. location will be included in the next review. No change There is approved major development to this crtical to be made. roundabout and more development is proposed and likely to be approved. The first 100m of the Witney Road from the major roundabout entering Ducklington will be classified as traffic sensitive.
Reading Road in Woodcote does not meet your Traffic Noted – This request has A Councillor Sensitive criteria however during school hours morning been passed to the area (County, district, and afternnoon this road can become grid locked with traffic team for town, parish). parked cars along one side and it is the main road from consideration. A4074 into Woodcote Village. Buses use this road and are often held up at these times, also large commercial vehicles including articulated lorries for deliveries into the village. It has been proposed that double yellow lines would help this situation.
We support the proposed changes. Delays due to No comment. Public Transport roadworks contribute to slowing down of our services Provider and impact on reliability. In order to maintain frequencies on a slower service we require more vehicles and drivers, resulting in higher costs. Alternatively we have to reduce frequencies, leading to passengers waiting longer for the slower service. Therefore, the "traffic sensitive" designation applied widely may help to end, and possibly to reverse, the trend of increasing journey length.
Gravel Walk Faringdon was recently re-surfaced and This is part of our network A Councillor was completely closed for several days. Unfortunately coordination activities to (County, district, the closure is set up in such a way that traffic is ensure minimal disruption is town, parish). diverted on a 16 mile route to get from one end of a caused during road works. very short stretch of road to another. While provision By making the A417 traffic was made that emergency services could use this sensitive Oxfordshire stretch is was considered that it would be very difficult County Council can exercise to access this road if necessary. Last time the road greater control over the was closed it was done on a overnight closure and did timings and durations of not disrupt the traffic as much and I would think that works which will be of this would be the preferred means of conducting any overall benefit to the market further work into the future. town of Farringdon. This said, I feel as though I need to declare an interest as I live on Gravel Walk, however believe that this observation still holds.
Rau Court off Thompson Drive is not necessary. Agreed, Rau Court will not A Councillor Approximate postcode OX27 8FF. be classified as traffic (County, district, sensitive. The network will town, parish). Rau Court is a residential no through road. be updated to reflect this.
The Parish is happy with all the other proposed changes.
Wimblestraw Road/Fane Drive is a crucial route for Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor Berinsfield being the single road around the village reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, serving a range of facilities including the local school, against the criteria outlined town, parish). sports centre, library, church, doctors surgery, school in the consultation buses, shops, offices, business park etc. This road document. This location also is only means of access to the village recreation does not currently meet the ground which holds a number of significant events criteria to become TSS. If which generate a large amount of traffic incl regular the situation changes this football matches, annual village fete, annual fair plus a location will be included in number of other village events. Prior to any works that the next review. No change would restrict the flow of traffic on this route, or other to be made. roads in the village, we (Parish Council) would appreciate being consulted so that we can ensure any disruption to road users and residents within the village is kept to a minimum.
Openreach do not support your decision to make 2124 Agreed – Christmas Works promoter streets traffic sensitive under criteria I. It is not Embargo streets will not be appropriate for streets to be classified as traffic traffic sensitive and the sensitive with the only justification being that they network will be updated to contribute to the area covered by the Christmas reflect this. embargo. We also feel it is not necessary for roads to be traffic sensitive due to possible events. The permit Agreed – Tracks, footpaths scheme allows more control over permission, approval will not be classified as TSS. and control on timings and locations of works and The network will be updated therefore it is unnecessary for these streets to be to reflect this. designated as traffic sensitive. Openreach will always endeavour to work with the Highway Authority to For completeness some programme works in around such events. USRNs become traffic sensitive for dual reasons Openreach also struggle to understand which criteria and they have been timed grouping is correct as there are numerous duplicate accordingly. criteria groupings for a single USRN. The correct data needs to be provided as it seems some streets are For gritting routes we have covered by all criteria. Eg. Banbury rd ,Kidlington is applied national guidance. only covered by I on one data entry but then on Guidance also states that another is covered by A,E,F,G & I. This causes winter runs between concerns over the integrity of your data. October to March and therefore traffic sensitivity We appreciate that roads requiring winter gritting can has been applied during this be designated as traffic sensitive, but we don't agree period. that all of the 2936 streets fall into this criteria need to be traffic sensitive for 6 months of the year. It's likely that some of these streets require gritting for safety or access but the traffic counts are actually quite low therefore our works would not have a major impact on the traffic flow or the gritting process.
We also request that you review all streets under Criteria E as the following USRN's 29724184 & 29724609 are footpaths and therefore have no vehicular access.
We are interested in the percentage of roads in Oxfordshire that are intended to be traffic sensitive as compared to other authority areas as Oxfordshire appears to have high proportion of roads planned to be traffic sensitive.
Church Road & Church Lane Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, against the criteria outlined town, parish). in the consultation document. This location does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
Old Arncott Road, a one way street in the middle of Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor Ambrosden village, off Merton Road joining Ploughley reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, Road. This road is used by traffic as a cut through, against the criteria outlined town, parish). especially if there are traffic issues. People will in the consultation regularly drive up it the wrong way. document. This location does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made. Foxden Way, Great Bourton Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor Crow Lane, Great Bourton reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, against the criteria outlined town, parish). Both are very narrow routes which have previously in the consultation been identified as diversionary routes if Main Street, document. This location Greta Bourton has to be closed. They are entirely does not currently meet the unsuitable for this purpose as was ultimately agreed by criteria to become TSS. If OCC, after having opened the diversion and we are the situation changes this still trying to get the resulting damage repaired. location will be included in the next review. No change Does this exercise take account of the impact of HS2 to be made. light vehicle traffic using side roads and country lanes as "rat runs" to get to the Chipping Warden construction compound?
Howard Cornish Road, Marcham. This road is a Traffic sensitivity will be A Councillor premium bus route, and is often used as a short cut reviewed on a 3 year basis (County, district, through to the Faringdon Road as a means of avoiding against the criteria outlined town, parish). the tight bends in the centre of the village on the A415. in the consultation document. This location does not currently meet the criteria to become TSS. If the situation changes this location will be included in the next review. No change to be made.
Bicester Town Council holds events in Sheep Street, If you do have any events A Councillor Market Square, The Causeway and Church Street which require road closures (County, district, amongst other areas in the town centre in the summer. please contact Oxfordshire town, parish). The last Saturday in June is Carnival where a parade County Council’s filming and runs from North Street, via Sheep Street to Old Place events team. Yard and Civic Service (a Sunday in summer date varies) &Remembrance Sunday a parade runs from Church Street, The Causeway, Market Square. These events are key to the civic calendar and must not be obstructed by roadworks.
29700693 Marston Ferry Road - Cycle track. Map not Unfortunately we have Other group or shown. Listed on Excel sheet included some cycle routes organisation The entire canalside should be designated. At present and tracks as traffic the designation for 29701824 CANALSIDE on the sensitive when they Excel sheet might or might not include the entire length shouldn’t be. The network from Hythe Bridge to the county boundary near Hook will be updated to remove Norton. these. We support the much greater extent of TSS designation than formerly. As far as can be judged by No national additions have inspection online, essentially all carriageways in Oxford been made to the traffic now appear to be proposed for designation, including sensitivity criteria regarding at least some footpaths and cycleways. cycling. We will take this To avoid doubt, *all* footpaths, cycleways, bridleways idea forwards with the must comprehensively be designated as TSSs, as well appropriate bodies as carriageways. It is not clear that non-motorised users are to be treated with the same consideration as those who use motorised vehicles. It's impossible to check for omissions. Some of the maps are missing, (e.g. North Oxford), and in any case the resolution online does not allow detailed magnification.
1. Meadow Lane, Oxford (parallel to the Iffley Road. A Unfortunately we have Other group or section is not marked red on the map, the section included some cycle routes organisation between Fairacres Rd and Bedford St. and tracks as traffic The rest of Meadow Lane seems to be sensitive when they included/marked red on the map. shouldn’t be. The network 2. South Oxford Cycle Route (parallel to the Abingdon will be updated to remove Rd). The sections between Bertie Place and Wytham these. St south end (across the small park) and also the section between Wytham St north end and No national additions have Marlborough Rd (the section round by Hinksey been made to the traffic Swimming pool). sensitivity criteria regarding Although these sections are not "roads", they are cycling. We will take this important cycle commuting routes. The "not roads" idea forwards with the precident has been set because the map has marked appropriate bodies "not road" parts (in red) for inclusion, namely Barracks Lane (parallel to the Cowley Rd) the Thames path through the whole city. Both these routes are well used cycle routes, so thank you for including them. I don't know if they quite fit the flow rate criteria, but it would seem odd not to include these when they link up other well cycle trafficed already marked on the map. Some quite innocuous sections of road can form parts of formal/informal cycle routes, and their temporary closure may result in cycle users needing to use unsuitable and/or busy roads. The fact that you have included (almost) all streets on your map should help minimise inconvenience to cycle users.