Wantage: A417 Crab Hill (Eastern access) - proposed bus gate & traffic management restrictions

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This consultation has now concluded.

We're asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a ‘Bus Gate’ restriction on Elder Way (eastern access to Crab Hill) between the junctions with the A417 & Appletons (the first side road within the estate). The proposals will prohibit other motor vehicles entering that section of road, with exemptions applying to buses, pedal-cycles & taxis.

In order to help reinforce the bus gate, turning prohibitions will be introduced for vehicles travelling on the A417 Reading Road to prevent them entering Elder Way, and on Elder Way to prevent them accessing the A417 – again, similar exemptions will apply to buses, pedal-cycles & taxis.

NOTE 1: It is proposed that enforcement of the 'Bus Gate' will be managed by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras.

NOTE 2: The new exit/entry route for general un-exempted traffic would be through the Wantage Eastern Link Road (WELR) Phase 1 (which is currently in construction).

Please read the information provided on this consultation, your views and opinions matter. Please take the time to complete the survey, your response should be completed and returned by Friday 11 February 2022.

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. 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.

We're asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a ‘Bus Gate’ restriction on Elder Way (eastern access to Crab Hill) between the junctions with the A417 & Appletons (the first side road within the estate). The proposals will prohibit other motor vehicles entering that section of road, with exemptions applying to buses, pedal-cycles & taxis.

In order to help reinforce the bus gate, turning prohibitions will be introduced for vehicles travelling on the A417 Reading Road to prevent them entering Elder Way, and on Elder Way to prevent them accessing the A417 – again, similar exemptions will apply to buses, pedal-cycles & taxis.

NOTE 1: It is proposed that enforcement of the 'Bus Gate' will be managed by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras.

NOTE 2: The new exit/entry route for general un-exempted traffic would be through the Wantage Eastern Link Road (WELR) Phase 1 (which is currently in construction).

Please read the information provided on this consultation, your views and opinions matter. Please take the time to complete the survey, your response should be completed and returned by Friday 11 February 2022.

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. 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.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    A417 Crab Hill bus gate and traffic management survey

    This consultation has now concluded.
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