Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/285

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

Approve the following speed limit changes, as advertised:

a)    40mph speed limits:

                                               i.     A40 Burford-Witney Road – between a point 325 metres west of its junction with the B4047 Burford Road roundabout, and on the dual-carriageway to a point 140 metres east of the roundabout (including its circulatory carriageway),

                                             ii.     B4047 Burford Road – from its junction with the A40 Asthall roundabout eastwards for a distance of 185 metres,

                                           iii.     The unnamed road running north towards Asthall – from its junction with the B4047 Burford Road, northwards for a distance of 140 metres.

b)    50mph speed limit:

                                               i.     A40 Oxford Road – between the Burford 40mph speed limit and the proposed 40mph speed limit on the approach to the A40 / B4047 Asthall Road roundabout, as described in a) above.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

The Chair noted support from Asthall and Brize Norton parish councils, which was welcomed, and stated that objections were covered in the report.

The Chair referenced a generic response that came up several times in the agenda objecting to the schemes, but it was noted that the schemes put forward were part of the adopted policy of the County Council.

The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

Approve the following speed limit changes, as advertised:

a) 40mph speed limits:

i. A40 Burford-Witney Road – between a point 325 metres west of its junction with the B4047 Burford Road roundabout, and on the dual-carriageway to a point 140 metres east of the roundabout (including its circulatory carriageway),

ii. B4047 Burford Road – from its junction with the A40 Asthall roundabout eastwards for a distance of 185 metres,

iii. The unnamed road running north towards Asthall – from its junction with the B4047 Burford Road, northwards for a distance of 140 metres.

b) 50mph speed limit:

i. A40 Oxford Road – between the Burford 40mph speed limit and the proposed 40mph speed limit on the approach to the A40 / B4047 Asthall Road roundabout, as described in a) above.