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Invest in reducing A40 Congestion - Witney to Oxford

Submitted on Wednesday 5th March 2014

Published on Thursday 6th March 2014

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 6th September 2014

Signatures: 134

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Invest in reducing A40 Congestion - Witney to Oxford

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This petition calls for urgent investment in new transport infrastructure to ease congestion along the between Witney and Oxford.

The time taken to travel along the A40 from Witney to Oxford is growing year on year, often taking over an hour to travel less than 10 miles. The population of West Oxfordshire has grown 23,000 in the last 30 years (+28%) with 10,000 coming in the last 10yrs. Witney itself is only 27,000. That’s nearly another Witney in a generation. The number of cars in West Oxfordshire has therefore more than doubled since 1981. The road infrastructure has not kept pace.

Proposed solutions include resurrecting the old railway line, making the road dual carriageway, better connecting the A40 and A34 at Wolvercote, and building a tram system. This will have massive economic benefits, reduce pollution and improve lives of residents towns and villages currently being used as a rat run (Cassington, Yarnton, Eynsham, Farmoor, Long Hanborough, Bladon etc).


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