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Re:  Informal consultation – Proposed Speed Limit reductions on the A4260 (and adjoining sections of the B4030, B4027 and A4095)

Oxfordshire County Council is seeking your views on the proposed scheme to reduce speed limits, as illustrated in the attached drawings. The measures are being brought forward as part of the Vision Zero Speed Management programme.

Your comments will be taken into account when the scheme proceeds to detailed design and is subsequently subjected to a formal consultation process. Details of the proposed changes along the A4260 are as follows:

Banbury to Bodicote.

• An extension of the existing 30mph speed limit, southwards to (and including) the Weeping Cross junction, replacing the current 40mph limit.

Adderbury to Deddington.

• 50mph to replace the National Speed Limit (NSL), southwards from the 40/NSL terminal south of Berry Hill Road to the NSL/20 terminal at the northern edge of Deddington.

North Aston to Rousham Gap.

• 60mph to replace the NSL on the northbound dual carriageway section;
• 50mph to replace the NSL between the dual carriageway and Rousham Gap, except
• 40mph on the approaches to the Hopcrofts Holt signalised staggered junction.

Sturdy’s Castle to Shipton-on-Cherwell.

• 50mph to replace the NSL from a point north of Sturdy’s Castle, southwards to the existing 50mph limit, including the B4027 between the A4260 and the A4095.
• 40mph on the approaches to the junctions with the A4095.

If you have any comments or other representations on the proposals, please could these be submitted by return email, by Friday 24 January 2025.