Oxford: Blandford Avenue & Davenant Road - proposed traffic calming & prohibition of entry

We're asking for your views on the proposals to introduce measures aimed at helping to reduce the volume and speed of traffic in Blandford Avenue & Davenant Road in Oxford. Specifically, the proposals comprise of the following measures:

Blandford Avenue/Sunderland Avenue:

• An access restriction at the A40 junction with Blandford Avenue and Sunderland Avenue (south side service road) which will prevent motor vehicles turning off the A40 directly into these roads.

Davenant Road:

• Traffic calming measures will be introduced in Davenant Road, comprising of proposed build-outs and associated amendments to existing parking places to facilitate these.

Please read the detailed information provided on this consultation, and take the time to complete the survey as your views and opinions matter. Your response should be completed and returned by Friday 28 October 2022. Oxfordshire County Council will collate all correspondence and comments received in response to this consultation, and they may be disseminated widely for these purposes and made available to the public.

Whilst we will endeavour to answer simple queries during the course of the consultation, any more complex questions/issues will be appraised and dealt with as part of consultation process.

What happens next?

The County Council will review the responses and if necessary (i.e. if objections are received) prepare a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highway Management at a meeting scheduled for later in 2022/early in 2023. This will be public meeting at which members of the public may apply to speak. The agenda and reports for meetings will be made available on the Oxfordshire County Council web site about a week before the meeting. Please note that occasionally it is necessary to defer reports to a later meeting, and it is therefore advisable to check the agenda ahead of attending a meeting, the Forward Plan of decisions meetings can be viewed here.