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Comment
from Didcot Town Council
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OCC Officer
Response
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Didcot’s
traffic model urgently needs to be updated or replaced to provide
a basis for development
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This work
is being undertaken by the transport consultants working for Great
Western Park as part of the assessment of the housing development.
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Completion
of the Northern Perimeter Road by the County Council providing
advance funding
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There is
no guarantee that the development will go ahead and no Section
106 agreement has been signed. The County Council cannot front-fund
a scheme with so much uncertainty.
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The A4130/A34
junction is a bottleneck which and is now a brake on economic
development and housing supply. Pressure should be applied to
the Highways Agency with regard to improvements
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These issues
will be dealt with partly by the housing developer's transport
assessment but will also form part of the Phase 2 of the ITS.
Discussions with the Highways Agency will continue in the context
of their related study work on the A34 corridor.
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Planning
for alternative or additional road measures, e.g. Thames bridge
and other links
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Phase 2 of
the Didcot Area ITS will cover road links, including those proposed
for further consideration by the Transport Networks Review.
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Forceful
negotiations with Network Rail and First Great Western over Didcot
Parkway forecourt to provide a proper travel interchange
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Negotiations
have already started. A second meeting was held recently and a
design brief for the consultants has also been produced. An interim
report will be presented to the next Members Steering Group in
June, which will highlight work undertaken so far, any issues
encountered, a more detailed work plan for the scheme. By the
following Steering Group in September, 3 or 4 design options including
costs will have been produced for consideration by Members.
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Protection
of the villages from inappropriate vehicle movements
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Much initial
work has been carried out with the villages as part of the Phase
1 work. The Phase 2 study will include further measures that could
offer relief to some villages in the area.
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Review of
membership of the Members Steering Group to enable local members
to participate and vote
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The membership
of the Members Steering Group has been set up to offer representation
from the various authorities in the area. It would be unworkable
to have all County, District and Town local councillors included
as full voting members. The existing representatives are there
to feed back their authority’s views. Local members are however
encouraged to attend the meetings and join in the discussions.
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Improvement
of A4130 from Hadden Hill to the Brightwell bypass
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If this is
something that the Members Steering Group feel should be included
in the Phase 2 work. It can be added to the brief.
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A timetable
for Phase 2 be set out and the County Council should ensure that
the resources are available
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Officers
are currently working on scoping the brief for Phase 2 and this
will be taken to the Members Steering Group on 24 June, including
a timetable. The cost of this study will need to be met by the
revenue budget allocated to ITS work and will therefore need to
be agreed in the context of other pressures on this budget.
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