Category Archives: road works

High Street Hole moves

High Street Hole moves
The large hole that unearthed an old coal cellar under the High Street pavement has been filled in. The pavement has been made as good as new – possibly better.
High Street Hole moves
Alongside another hole has been dug, not quite as deep as the first. Traffic passes in single file at this point, and buses cannot use the High Street bus stops for the third or fourth week in a row.

Big Hole in High Street

Deep Excavation
Bus stops on the High Street in Abingdon have been closed for the last week because of work opposite.

Anybody wanting to catch a bus from Abingdon to Oxford will need to go instead to Stratton Way.
Deep Excavation
Thames Water are improving our sewer system, and have opened up a very big hole. They expect work to finish on 20-05-2016,

Stert Street Culvert Repairs completed

Stert Street Work completed
The barriers have gone from the top end of Stert Street. It looks as if the Culvert Repairs have been finally completed.
Stert Street Work completed
Just a few signs remain in Old Station Yard. The final part of the work took 8 weeks approximately.

Protective barriers have been there since December 2011. So the project took 4 years and 3 months.