Access to Headington - gloves off for round 2!

The next round of public exhibitions on revised plans for the Access to
Headington project will take place as follows:

Public exhibitions

§ Saturday 27th February, 10:00 – 16:00 - St Anthony’s of Padua, 115 Headley
Way

§ Wednesday 2nd March, 14:00 – 20:00 - Wood Farm School, Titup Hall Drive

§ Thursday 3rd March, 11:00 – 18:00 - Old Road Campus Research Building

§ Saturday 5th March, 10:00 – 16:00 - St. Andrew’s Primary School, London Road

Officers will be available in person at the above events to answer questions
and listen to comments.

The County Council says "Following further design work on proposals, in light
of the consultation undertaken last year, we are now ready to formally consult
on the Access to Headington project, and specifically those changes that
require Traffic Regulation Orders. The TRO consultation period will run from
Thursday 25th February to Wednesday 23rd March.

We don't have details of what is in the plans yet but at least we do have dates
for the diary well in advance!

The new plans will be published along with associated Traffic Regulation
Orders, so how much effect will public comments have on the final outcome?
Definitely a question to ask the officers at the first event!

The Access to Headington consultation starts tomorrow, and the details should
appear here overnight:
https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/access-headington

It runs to 23 March, and Ruth has already given the dates of the public
exhibitions starting on Saturday (and they are also available via the above
link).

Today we received a letter through the post from the county council addressed
to "The Occupier" at our address telling us about this consultation and
enclosing an A3 coloured map of the area to the south of the London Road
showing the proposals for The Slade, Old Road, Churchill Drive, and Windmill
Road.

I assume that people north of the London Road have received a map showing their
area.

The map I have includes the removal of all on-street parking in The Slade and
Windmill Road; improvements for cyclists and pedestrians at the central
Headington junction; and alterations to the junction of Horspath Driftway and
The Slade to improve the traffic flow on the bypass.

We in Headley Way have also received letters and maps giving details of our
area. No more parking in Headley Way - which must be good for traffic flow
but what will happen around St Joseph's School when people deliver and
collect their children remains to be seen. Cycle lanes to be introduced -
some parts will be shared with pedestrians - not a very good idea on such a
steep hill.
AE

On 24 February 2016 at 17:18, Stephanie Jenkins <<email obscured>

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> wrote:

> The Access to Headington consultation starts tomorrow, and the details
> should appear here overnight:
> https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/access-headington
>
> It runs to 23 March, and Ruth has already given the dates of the public
> exhibitions starting on Saturday (and they are also available via the above
> link).
>
> Today we received a letter through the post from the county council
> addressed to "The Occupier" at our address telling us about this
> consultation and enclosing an A3 coloured map of the area to the south of
> the London Road showing the proposals for The Slade, Old Road, Churchill
> Drive, and Windmill Road.
>
> I assume that people north of the London Road have received a map showing
> their area.
>
> The map I have includes the removal of all on-street parking in The Slade
> and Windmill Road; improvements for cyclists and pedestrians at the central
> Headington junction; and alterations to the junction of Horspath Driftway
> and The Slade to improve the traffic flow on the bypass.
>
>
> Stephanie Jenkins
> Headington ward, Oxford
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The County's link to the "Access to Headington" exhibition PDFs has been
changed (and they have now put all the maps the right way up). This is the new
link:
https://consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/gf2.ti/-/670722/19491109.1/PDF/-/A4_TOR_Boards_web.pdf

The Consultation on the Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) is here, with 58
supporting documents:
https://consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/consult.ti/Headington_TRO/consultationHome

(I have masked my earlier message on the online version of the forum with the
original link, as it is now dead.)

Thank you Stephanie.

Cllrs Ruth Wilkinson, Altaf-Khan and myself have been out all morning today,
with tape measures and maps in hand looking in detail at the proposed changes
to parking. It was good to meet residents & be able to show them the detailed
maps and hear their views.
As they say, the devil is in the detail, and there are loads of details to
consider so we will be out and about for more sessions this week and probably
next too.

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Don't forget that the last of the four "Access to Headington" exhibitions will
take place tomorrow (Saturday 5 March) at St Andrew's Primary School from 10am
to 4pm:
https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/access-headington

If you want to read all the Traffic Regulation Orders in advance, they are
here:
https://consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/consult.ti/Headington_TRO/consultationHome

That's Oxford TV interviewed County Councillor David Nimmo Smith, the County
Cabinet Member for Environment who has sole responsibility on making the final
decision to go ahead with the project (expected on Thursday 28 April), and you
can see the interview here on You-Tube:

The problem of reconciling people who live in Headington and people who just
want to get through Headington quickly has been around for a long time. When
the foundation stone for the original St Andrew's School (behind the present
building) was laid in May 1847, between 2,000 and 3,000 people turned up, so
they spilled over on to the London Road when they dispersed. Jackson's Oxford
Journal reported: "We think it our duty to mention that, as the people were
returning from the ground, a man named Radbourn, a carrier from Ickford and
Worminghall, drove his horse and cart at full speed through the midst of them
in so careless and reckless a manner that a man and two children very narrowly
escaped being killed."

I notice in the video that he mentions 'cycling' but then explains why it's not
so important.

You can see that in the exhibition panels and glaringly so in the illustration
outside the Headley Way Filling Station. Discontinuous paths for what the
consultant engineer called 'different types of cyclist'. I.E. 'Cyclists' won't
be expected to use these discontinuous and narrow paths, shared with
pedestrians. But they'll be good enough for those who are scared, or young, or
old too. They obviously don't need to get anywhere, do they?

Well Cllr Nimmo Smith, even though the provisions for cycling are not good,
they could be much better, but you haven't instructed your consultant engineers
to make them so.

Graham

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Graham Paul Smith, Urban Design
5 Western Rd
Oxford, OX1 4LF

> On 4 Mar 2016, at 19:07, Stephanie Jenkins <<email obscured>>
wrote:
>
> Don't forget that the last of the four "Access to Headington" exhibitions
will take place tomorrow (Saturday 5 March) at St Andrew's Primary School from
10am to 4pm:
> https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/access-headington
>
> If you want to read all the Traffic Regulation Orders in advance, they are
here:
>
https://consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/consult.ti/Headington_TRO/consultationHome
>
> That's Oxford TV interviewed County Councillor David Nimmo Smith, the County
Cabinet Member for Environment who has sole responsibility on making the final
decision to go ahead with the project (expected on Thursday 28 April), and you
can see the interview here on You-Tube:
>

>
> The problem of reconciling people who live in Headington and people who just
want to get through Headington quickly has been around for a long time. When
the foundation stone for the original St Andrew's School (behind the present
building) was laid in May 1847, between 2,000 and 3,000 people turned up, so
they spilled over on to the London Road when they dispersed. Jackson's Oxford
Journal reported: "We think it our duty to mention that, as the people were
returning from the ground, a man named Radbourn, a carrier from Ickford and
Worminghall, drove his horse and cart at full speed through the midst of them
in so careless and reckless a manner that a man and two children very narrowly
escaped being killed."
>
>
> Stephanie Jenkins
> Headington ward, Oxford
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The whole thing is entirely bonkers. I'm usually the biggest supporter of a
vibrant commercial center for Headington, but making Headley Way and Windmill
Road into racetracks and adding dangerous parking spaces to an already crowded
area will cause far more problems.

Roger

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> On 4 Mar 2016, at 19:07, Stephanie Jenkins <<email obscured>>
wrote:
>
> Don't forget that the last of the four "Access to Headington" exhibitions
will take place tomorrow (Saturday 5 March) at St Andrew's Primary School from
10am to 4pm:
> https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/access-headington
>
> If you want to read all the Traffic Regulation Orders in advance, they are
here:
>
https://consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/consult.ti/Headington_TRO/consultationHome
>
> That's Oxford TV interviewed County Councillor David Nimmo Smith, the County
Cabinet Member for Environment who has sole responsibility on making the final
decision to go ahead with the project (expected on Thursday 28 April), and you
can see the interview here on You-Tube:
>

>
> The problem of reconciling people who live in Headington and people who just
want to get through Headington quickly has been around for a long time. When
the foundation stone for the original St Andrew's School (behind the present
building) was laid in May 1847, between 2,000 and 3,000 people turned up, so
they spilled over on to the London Road when they dispersed. Jackson's Oxford
Journal reported: "We think it our duty to mention that, as the people were
returning from the ground, a man named Radbourn, a carrier from Ickford and
Worminghall, drove his horse and cart at full speed through the midst of them
in so careless and reckless a manner that a man and two children very narrowly
escaped being killed."
>
>
> Stephanie Jenkins
> Headington ward, Oxford
> About/contact Stephanie Jenkins:
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Chris Gifford has gone to great lengths to raise local awareness re.
Oxfordshire County Council's crazy plan to remove Windmill Road parking. I was
unable to attend the meeting he organised last week, but would like to contact
him. If anyone can message me his email address I'd be most grateful. Thanks.

The title says it all! Access not rebalancing!
Turning Windmill road into an Urban Clearway,is tantamount to an inner ring
road extension (dog legged with Headley Wayand Marston Ferry).
They couldn't care less about Oxford residents. Just as well we're in
'austerity', otherwise we might have had an overpass!

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> On 5 Mar 2016, at 22:35, Lucy Lee-Allen <<email obscured>> wrote:
>
> Chris Gifford has gone to great lengths to raise local awareness re.
Oxfordshire County Council's crazy plan to remove Windmill Road parking. I was
unable to attend the meeting he organised last week, but would like to contact
him. If anyone can message me his email address I'd be most grateful. Thanks.
>
> Lucy Lee-Allen
> Headington, Oxford
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Access to Headington from the County Councils viewpoint means 'fast roads to
the employment hubs'.
Headington is relevant only in so far as it is where these hubs are located.
It's about promoting flow of traffic from the county to the hubs.

It is evident the planners know little about Headington from some of their
proposals.

In my opinion the proposed improvements to cycle lines are really about
preventing cyclist from obstructing the flow of vehicles. If encouraging
cycling was their purpose their plans would use the back routes.

At the exhibition I asked what plans they had to ensure free flow of traffic
through the junctions. Apart from the phasing of traffic lights they have no
plans. ( I'd welcome any information to the contrary).

So, no plans to discourage cars or encourage bus travel. Any increases in Park
& Ride are years away. The nearest to a plan is, I was told, they wish to
encourage Headington residents to walk or cycle rather than use their cars.

Two years of disruption for little improvement in traffic flow and sever damage
to Headington environment.

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