A new shared-use path is taking shape along the north side of Twelve Acre Drive as part of the wider North Abingdon development. When complete, it should provide a useful route for people walking or cycling towards Radley Station.
The pathway is being built as a condition of the development’s planning permission. At present, it begins at the eastern end of the Radley Reach site, crosses the entrance to Peachcroft Farm, and links up with the existing path around the lower edge of the field beside Radley Road.
A new signal-controlled crossing has also been approved for Twelve Acre Drive.
A further link path is also under construction, connecting the crossing with Carse Close on the Peachcroft Estate. This path is another requirement for the North Abingdon development.
The crossing will allow access to the new sports pavilion and football pitches being developed at Radley Reach. There are already signs that work on the pavilion itself has begun.
It will also improve access from the development towards the Peachcroft shops or to Oxford Road and central Abingdon.
There is currently another informal crossing point over Twelve Acre Drive near the Oxford Road roundabout, close to where the footpath to Radley College once started. At present, this can feel quite unsafe, with fast-moving traffic in both directions.
In time, these various elements should come together as part of the wider proposals set out in the Abingdon Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.
If you know more about what is planned here, do let me know.
Peep O Day Lane in South Abingdon is a popular walking and cycling path. However, a 15 feet part of the lane near Lambrick Way is dangerous. The concrete road has deteriorated leaving deep potholes at the edge. It is an unadopted road. Thames Water, whose lorries use the road and make the deterioration worse have point blank refused to help to repair it. Oxfordshire County Council received over 3 million to improve cycling routes, however, getting someone to do anything about this road has proved fruitless.
Does anyone know what will happen with access to the path that goes from Radley Rd roundabout to Radley alongside the edge of the farmers field while they upgrade the junction with Whites Lane? As it’s the only access to the rail station from Abingdon it wouldn’t be good if it was closed during the works and having people on bikes queueing in the traffic lights with big gravel pit lorries etc. There must be some kind of plan during the works, because pedestrians can’t be cut off – but I can’t find anything clear at all. Perhaps they will build or reroute that bit of path temporarily before doing the works?
The notices near the site of the new Twelve Acre Drive pedestrian crossing mention bus stops. It seems a bus route would be diverted to serve this new estate. Does anyone know what the plans are and which route will be used?
I used the pathway near Carse way a lot. I would like to use it very soon to take a walk and enjoy the butterfly’s and birds found there. When is it due to open agay?