Investigation work to the Stert Culvert started on 26th November and will continue for about 2 weeks, in preparation for the main construction work planned for February / March 2015.
The investigation appears to involve holes being dug under the pavement area to make sure the culvert can be strengthened and the barriers removed.
Thursday night in Abingdon Town Centre and at the first anniversary of the re-opening of The Crown and Thistle a band were playing in the barn.
Further down Bridge Street at the Broad Face jazz players were performing.
Elsewhere less musical works were in progress …
Below High Street a ‘deep excavation’ has been dug by Cappagh Browne working on behalf of Lanes Group plc. for Thames Water “to improve your sewerage network.”
A lot of new scaffolding has recently been erected on the High Street.
And outside residences, the smaller, black, ‘non-recylable’ wheelie bins are waiting for their contents to be taken away and dumped in landfill or burned at the new Incinerator at Ardley in North Oxfordshire.
On March 27th The Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member for Transport heard representations on proposed changes to the pedestrian lights on Marcham Road and Ock Street. These changes are a prerequisite for building the 159 houses in a field off the Drayton Road, and will be funded by the developer. On that occasion 11 people spoke against the plans and the cabinet member rejected the proposal.
Following a legal challenge on the grounds that the County Council did not make clear the reason for rejection, the scheme is going back for reconsultation. On the initial occasion the Town Council objected on grounds of “increased congestion and delay, safety, and reduced air quality”
The plans have not changed. Correspondence from the first consultation will be included in the second, but people can write again. Email:Christian.mauz at oxfordshire.gov.uk no later than 26th September. A decision will be made on October 9th. The writing on brown is the location of the existing lights, and the red zig-zags are the proposed lights.
The road works at the Wootton Road Roundabout were finished a couple of months ago. The intention was to make the roundabout safer for cyclists, after a number of accidents involving cyclists. There was also a campaign by parents and schools three or four years ago to make the Dunmore Road Crossing safer at this roundabout .
But the orange bags remain.
Training material about ‘Crossing the road safely at a Puffin crossing’ is still being displayed.
I did see a car slow down and wave a parent and child across even though the lights are not yet turned on.