Eleven towns and villages have become the latest Oxfordshire locations to see speed limits in most residential areas reduced to 20mph.

Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highway Management, Councillor Andrew Gant, approved 11 new 20mph schemes across the county on November 17.

The changes will see the majority of 30mph roads cut to 20mph.

But it admitted that the implementation of reduced speed limits in Witney earlier this month had led to "confusion", with both 30mph and 20mph signs visible to motorists at one stage.

"Following confusion caused by the implementation of reduced speed limits in Witney earlier this month, robust measures have been put in place by the council and its contractors to prevent similar issues happening again elsewhere," said the county council.

Cllr Gant said: “The requests for these 20mph measures have come in thick and fast. The first two years of this three-year project are now fully booked, but we are still welcoming applications for 2024 - 25.

“Communities have been keen to make their roads safer and we are delighted to have been able to make it easier for them to do so.”

The latest locations to be approved are:

Ambrosden

Banbury (a new residential development on land west of A423 Southam Road)

Bladon

Brize Norton

Clanfield

Horton-cum-Studley

Idbury

Merton

Piddington

Sonning Common

Sunningwell and Bayworth.

A decision on implementing 20mph limits in Abingdon was deferred until a later date to ensure that the needs of all highway users are met in an effective manner, said the council.

It added that the 20mph programme fits in with the council’s Vision Zero policy, which aims to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries from Oxfordshire’s roads by 2050.

 

 

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This story was written by Miranda Norris, she joined the team in 2021 and covers news across Oxfordshire as well as news from Witney.

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