Abingdon South

Oxfordshire County Council has called for revived plans to build a seven square kilometre reservoir between Abingdon, Steventon and East Hanney to be dropped.A draft regional plan for securing future water supplies includes proposals for the south …

Three of Oxfordshire’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) will be closed for short periods on 20 and 21 December due to the delivery of essential new concrete safety barriers.The HWRCs at Alkerton, Drayton and Stanford in the Vale will be …

The roll-out of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in council-owned car parks in Oxfordshire has begun.Following the installation of the first park and charge EV hub at Bicester’s Cattle Market car park in May, the locations of the …

Hundreds of tonnes of material that was previously treated as waste and which needed to be safely and expensively disposed of is being used to help repair Oxfordshire’s roads.Oxfordshire County Council is working with its contractor Milestone and …

Alterations to the extended temporary traffic restrictions on the damaged Abingdon Bridge have been made, in a bid to continue to provide some benefits to pedestrians while also improving traffic flow.The original restrictions were brought in by …

The owner of the Sami’s BBQ and takeaway in Ock Street, Abingdon has been sentenced by Oxford Crown Court (Friday 13 August) for multiple breaches of fire safety legislation, which put lives in danger.Fire safety inspectors from Oxfordshire County …

A trial to temporarily designate some additional carriageway space on Bridge Street in Abingdon for better pedestrian and cycling provision has been extended to provide more time to assess the impact and refine the arrangement. Originally …

Three test drive events are taking place in Oxfordshire next month to showcase electric vehicles (EVs) and an innovative new way of charging them aimed at people without off-street parking.Oxfordshire’s park and charge team will be running live …

Residents and parents in Oxfordshire have given positive feedback from the School Streets trials that have taken place across Oxfordshire since March 2021. The pilot scheme trialled restricting motor traffic at the school gates at drop-off and …