Council bid for 拢3m for A40 improvements
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Oxfordshire County Council needs to agree spending 拢3m on designing A40 road improvements to secure a 拢35m investment from the Department for Transport
Construction on a new bus lane and park-and-ride west of Oxford could begin in September 2018, according to the council.
Oxfordshire County Council said it hoped to complete the design of the 1,000-space park-and-ride and transport route by next year.
The authority has said it needs to invest 拢3m to develop the project, which would be recouped from the Department for Transport.
The project would cost about 拢36m.
'Congestion-free route'
A council spokesman said the project would "provide a congestion-free route for public transport on the A40" approaching Oxford.
Eynsham is the proposed site of the 1,000-space park-and-ride.
Council leader Ian Hudspeth said: "The kind of improvements we are proposing will be another step change for improving journeys following the completion of the A40 Wolvercote and Cutteslowe roundabouts."
In addition, a stretch of road from Witney to Eynsham could become a dual carriageway.
The cabinet will vote on proposals to spend 拢3m on designing the project.
A spokesman said the funding was needed to secure 拢35m of investment from the Department for Transport.
The spokesman added: "The detailed design is scheduled to be completed in April 2018, following which the construction contractor will be appointed and construction works forecasted to start in September 2018."
- Published17 May 2016
