Are you aware of issues that affect public safety on the Highway? Formatted: Font: 10 pt For all highways works including potholes, flooding, missing road signs and vegetation that could cause a hazard and/or please contact Highways Enquiries on 0845 3101111, 8.30 till 5.00pm. Outside these hours you can leave a message which will be responded to in the morning, or call Thames Valley Police on 101, or 999 for an Highway Works in the Vale of White Horse emergency. February, March, April 2016
Email: highwayenquiries@oxfordshire.gov.uk Maintaining the Highway Formatted: Font: 10 pt Or www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/report or Formatted: Font: 10 pt https://www.fixmystreet.com/reports/Oxfordshire Welcome to the latest newsletter on highway maintenance in For problems with Traffic Signals, call 01865 815096 in office hours so we have the Vale of White Horse Formatted: Font: 10 pt the opportunity to ask questions. Or use [email protected] , Laura Hutchins Payne, Area Steward Vale of White Horse Formatted: Font: 10 pt 01865 815775 24hr answering machine, as well as the on-line system on the Formatted: Font: 10 pt OCC website. Budget Proposals for 2016/17 Formatted: Font: 10 pt The District Council is responsible for street cleansing. Formatted: Font: 10 pt For mud, leaves and street cleansing, contact Formatted: Font: 10 pt VoWH DC (Biffa) on 03000 610610 Oxfordshire County Council staff and Where debris such as dead animals is found on the carriageway, Oxfordshire Councillors have been working hard to Formatted: Font: 10 pt, Not Bold, County Council may move it to the verge for the District Council to clear. find savings in the Environment and Font color: Black Oxfordshire County Council clears debris after road traffic incidents such as oil Economy (E&E) budget for the next Formatted: Font: 10 pt or broken glass etc. financial year. An additional £20m
For siding out and vegetation clearance, contact savings over the next four years is Community Payback 01869 328500 required, on top of the £50m savings The Probation Service seeks to provide work for probationers who are options put forward in the public conducting community service as an alternative to a custodial sentence. They consultation and the £88m planned need to work where they will be visible and to have access to a hall for welfare. savings yet to be achieved.
If you would like to discuss non-urgent requests for improving your area, please Proposals for savings related to the next Hagbourneask for the Highways Hill - work Inspector continues by contacting on the highwayHarwell enquiries Link 2 schemeas above. under financial year are scheduled for final a road closure on the eastern end of Hagbourne Hill near the A417 at ratification by the full Council in February. West Hagbourne, including construction of a roundabout on the A417. Milton Interchange will continue until the end of April. In order to better deliver the existing and proposed changes to Work on the new northern slip roads at the A34 Chilton junction has service the Leadership Team is intending to undertake a LEAN started with a planned completion date of August 2016. review of the entire highway area and its associated functions. The intention is that any changes we need to make would be in place by April 2017.
Maintenance jobs that are planned for the remainder of this Edge Strengthening Programme financial year Edge strengthening refers to deep Structural Patching/Resurfacing: construction on the road edge where the road has suffered repeatedly from Geoffrey Barbour Rd/Bowyer Rd Abingdon potholes along the road edge. 14th March 2016 2 large patches 1 day road closure Oxfordshire County Council has been given a grant of £5.5m over 3 years for Tinkerbush Lane Wantage this work. 15th March 2016 Resurface 1 day road closure We have been tasked with using a recycling form of construction which Seesen Way/Wallingford St Roundabout reuses the materials on site creating 16th March 2016 Resurface 3 nights (3way lights) little waste and is quicker to carry out. This is more cost effective than the Bassett Road Letcombe Regis more traditional patch and surface dress 21st March 2016 Resurface 2 days road closure repairs used.
B4016 Main Road Appleford S-001131 Winter Lane and Hanney Road 29th March 2016 Replace Anti-Skid @ The Green 1 day closure Start 16 May 2016 Construction Duration is 15 weeks
B4044 Farmoor S-001141 Kingston Lisle to Baulking Road 3rd April Replace Anti-Skid on bends 1 night closure Start 6 June 2016 Construction duration is 7 weeks
Minor Patching week commencing 25th January 2016 S-001135 B4001 Childrey to A417 Frilsham Street j/o High Street Sutton Courtenay Large patch in Start 25 July 2016 Construction duration is 7 weeks bellmouth Southfield Drive, Sutton Courtenay 2 areas of patching S-001132 West Hanney to Northmead Lane Milton Road, Didcot Footway Start 14 Oct 2016 Construction duration is 5 weeks Campion Road j/o Daisy Bank Large patch in bellmouth Swinburne Road j/o Warwick Close Large patch across front of In addition to the work on the road west of West Hanney, there is Warwick Close need to repair a collapsing bank along the Childrey Brook. This will be carried out by the bridges team prior to the edge Date to be confirmed strengthening scheme. A date has not been set yet for the bank Dunmore Road Abingdon Levelling patch near Boulter Drive repairs but it cannot conflict with S-001131 Winter Lane. Main Road Upton 2 areas of patching The roads repaired will be closed during construction with suitable Westcot Lane Westcot 2 levelling patches diversion routes in place.