After years of raising the Hitchcock Way congestion issue we finally have an answer from the council.
The Liberal Democrat administration running Oxfordshire County Council has no plans to:
โ Trial removing the traffic lights
โ Investigate alternative junction layouts
โ Carry out a wider review of the Orchard Centre junction
The official position is: do nothing
Meanwhile residents sit in traffic today.
Many residents have no bus service.
Many have limited public transport.
People still need to:
๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค
๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ
๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง
๐ช ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ
Cars are not optional for many people โ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ.
The response was: โ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ
This is about the political choices made by the Liberal Democrats (and before governing alongside Greens and Labour in coalition), whose transport approach increasingly seems focused too heavily on reducing car use rather than making movement work for everyone.
๐๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก.
๐๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
๐๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ.
