In West St Helen Street, and nearby roads, a crew with a line-painting lorry have been refreshing and replacing the road markings. New marking paint is melted in a tank and extruded onto the road surface before cooling and hardening.

Old lines are removed by heating them to soften the material, then it is scraped away. The double yellow lines near the Co-op are being replaced with a 30-minute limited-waiting bay. Opposite, the parking outside the Salvation Army has been replaced by double yellow lines. These parking changes were agreed on 22 January by Oxfordshire County Council following an earlier consultation.

“Residents’ Parking” lettering and bay markings were refreshed and added in St Edmunds Lane. There are new double yellow lines, particularly at corners.

Cones have been left by sections that still need doing where the crew are waiting for vehicles to be moved.