Announcements

Oxfordshire County Council Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 - Section 14(1)

Notice of Temporary Traffic Order
A4074 and side roads, Benson - Prohibition of Through Traffic & 30mph Speed Limit

Date of Order: 8 August 2011 Coming into force: 15 August 2011

This Order is being introduced because of carriageway resurfacing and drainage works in part of the A4074, benson which is anticipated to take 2 weeks to complete.

The effect of the Order is to temporarily prohibit any vehicle from proceeding in:

a) Churchfield Lane (north leg) from its junction with the A4074 eastwards for 10 metres

b) Churchfield Lane (south leg) from its junction with the lay-by adjoining the A4074 eastwards for a distance of 10 metres

c) The unclassified road leading from the A4074 to Preston Crowmarsh, southwards for 30 metres

For the duration of the Order the 40mph speed limit on the A4074 will be reduced to 30mph. That part of the Oxfordshire County Council (Benson-Ewelme Area) (Speed Limits) Order 2011 will be temporarily suspended.

Exemptions are included for police, fire and ambulance services and for the works and for vehicular access to adjacent premises which are only accessible from the closed sections of road.

The alternative routes for traffic affected by the closure are: a) & b) is via Church Road and Oxford Road & vice versa; and for closure c) via Preston Crowmarsh and the A4074 & vice versa.

This Order will remain in force for a maximum period of eighteen months or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner.

Traffic Regulations Team (Ref CJL) on behalf of the Director for Environment & Economy, Speedwell House, Oxford OX1 1NE, 0845 310 11 11.