GRAHAM secures final contract for £323 million Didcot roads scheme
Oxfordshire County Council has appointed GRAHAM to deliver the Didcot to Culham River crossing section of the £323 million Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure (HIF1) scheme. It is the third and final construction contract to be awarded for this scheme where VolerFitzpatrick and AECOM have also landed deals, reports Construction Enquirer. The Didcot to […]
Oxfordshire: Extra £4 million approved for highway drainage programme
An extra £4 million has been approved to repair and replace Oxfordshire’s gullies over the next two years to improve drainage and reduce flooding. The programme was agreed by Oxfordshire County Council thanks to information gathered during a project to inspect and clean every highway gully in the county last year. There are around 147,000 gullies across […]
Oxford: Safety cameras to be installed at ‘dangerous’ A40 junction
Safety cameras are to be installed on Oxford’s A40 northern bypass junction with Barton Park later this month to deter motorists from speeding and driving through red lights. Oxfordshire County Council will fund the installation and initial maintenance costs of the cameras, which will detect vehicles travelling over the 50mph speed limit and identify vehicles […]
Oxfordshire introduces first dual fuel hydrogen highways maintenance vehicle
Oxfordshire has become the first local authority in England to harness hydrogen power for highway maintenance by introducing a dual-fuel hydrogen and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) truck. Oxfordshire County Council‘s principal highways contractor M Group has welcomed the arrival of a 3.5-tonne highways maintenance truck, the first hydrogen-powered vehicle across the company’s 10,000 vehicle UK-wide […]
Major project to improve travel along A40 in Oxfordshire approved
Significant progress has been made towards enabling more reliable journeys, faster bus travel, improved walking and cycling provision along a stretch of the A40, as well as bringing the Eynsham park and ride site into use. Planning consent was granted on Tuesday for Oxfordshire County Council’s latest upgrade to the A40 between Eynsham park and ride […]
Council secures High Court injunction to prevent unauthorised flags on the public highway
Oxfordshire County Council has been awarded a High Court injunction to prevent the continued unauthorised placement of flags on or near the public highway. Each named defendant has given an undertaking in the court not to put up flags in Oxfordshire, not to encourage others to do it or abuse people taking them down. The […]
Oxfordshire speed limit review to look at improving safety on 60 rural roads this year
A review of speed limits on all of Oxfordshire’s rural A and B roads could lead to dozens of routes being made safer in the next 12 months. Since 2025, Oxfordshire County Council has been reviewing speed limits and safety on its network as part of its Vision Zero programme to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on […]
Oxfordshire trialling 15 different types of pothole repair techniques
Oxfordshire County Council and its highways contractor M Group have used Wildmere Road in Banbury as a test site to trial 15 different methods of filling in potholes or ‘patching’ minor defects. Wildmere Road was closed and a 700-metre stretch was divided into sections. Each section had a different type of pothole or patch repair […]
Oxfordshire awards EV charging contracts to help residents without private parking make switch
Oxfordshire residents will soon benefit from the largest installation of public electric vehicle (EV) charging points ever seen in the county following the award of two charge point operator (CPO) contracts. Connected Kerb and Bicester-based EZ-Charge have been chosen to provide more than 1,500 public EV charging sockets, doubling the number currently available. Connected Kerb […]
Oxfordshire says 20mph speed limits is reducing KSI numbers
Their introduction has been the subject of nationwide debate, but one UK council is insisting that the implementation of a 20mph speed limit is having a positive effect. Oxfordshire County Council says its 20mph roll-out is helping to cut deaths and serious injuries on the county’s roads, according to the Oxford Mail. Government advisers at the […]