Traffic heading towards Lodge Hill through Bagley Woods on the A4183 (Oxford Road) should be aware that the junction layout has now changed. A new Give Way has been introduced at the south-facing slip road onto the A34, meaning vehicles travelling from Abingdon and joining the A34 now have priority. Drivers are given advance warning with Give Way signs at 200, 100, and 50 yards, as well as at the junction itself, along with two Changed Priorities Ahead signs.
Even so, it’s an unusual layout and has taken many people by surprise. Thanks to Nick for highlighting the change. It was mentioned on a local WhatsApp group yesterday by someone who was nearly caught out by it; signage appears to have improved since then.
Elsewhere on the A34 slip-road works, earthmoving continues and has expanded. From ground level, it’s still hard to get a sense of the final layout at this stage.
I guess this will be a temporary measure until the roundabout appears at this side of the flyover and that there’ll be a change at the other side of the flyover when they’re installing the roundabout there.
You’d think, and I’d hope, that, while this particular phase of the project is underway, the ‘slip road’ area would be floodlit during ‘dark hours’, which is going to be just about all the time over the next few months.
Barring closing the road I think that this slightly disturbing ‘solution’ might be outside-edge acceptable, though I’ll be using it with particular care and avoiding it on New Years Eve.