New Posts (Roads)

Fri 7 Mar, 12:11

Same on Dyers Hill - not fully thought through , as it would have been good for a temporary facility to be provided to help the people that have to street park ! 

Fri 7 Mar, 11:12

Someone's a bit premature with the road cones in Church Street. No parking signs from Monday 10th but cones put out on the 6th? When will people realise that we need to park somewhere!

Wed 5 Mar, 14:35 (last edited on Wed 5 Mar, 14:35)

Pedestrians killed in collisions with motor vehicles, 2019–2023: 1,955
Pedestrians killed in collisions with bicycles, 2019–2023: 12

(Source: Department for Transport, Reported road casualties in Great Britain)

Wed 5 Mar, 09:14

Cycling is good. But let’s be clear pedestrians and cyclists do not always go well together. I’d rather face a car coming down Market st than some of the boy racers that hurtle down in the summer. My parents were seriously injured on a zebra crossing by a cyclist who couldn’t be bothered to interrupt her racing . So I fear what the Town Council and OCC have in store. One thing is sure. Given what has happened on the consultation on the residents parking we better be watch out for the next set of proposals. 

Mon 3 Mar, 13:58

Gareth, the plan is being progressed and there will shortly be a consultation on it

Sun 2 Mar, 20:01

What’s so bad about traffic lights? I’d actually like to not have to take my life in my hands every time I cross at the Enstone crossroads. 

Sun 2 Mar, 16:21

Hello Gareth, it would be good to see a wider discussion about mobility in and around the town. 

What are the sorts of things you would like to see to encourage more cycling and walking?  

Sat 1 Mar, 16:19

What has happened to the much-needed plans for walking and cycling?  A group of volunteers worked to draft plans but it’s all gone quiet.

Fri 28 Feb, 18:27

We have no plans for either cycle lanes or traffic lights in Charlbury, though I know the town council are keen to make it safer for people to walk and cycle in the town

Fri 28 Feb, 16:23

These posts are unsightly and have been placed without thought to the mobility needs of residents. They are black do a visual hazard at night and in some places dramatically reduce pavement width. But I fear this is only the start. I suspect our County Council have further plans for cycle lanes and even traffic lights. It’s time to put a stop to all this. 

Wed 26 Feb, 13:12

As most of the proposals had more objections than support (significantly so in some cases), I'm wondering how the scheme has been passed? Also I believed it to be a trial. Is this the case? I'd like to know from a Town or County Councillor please.

Tue 25 Feb, 17:44

Simon is right. I wish I had known how the totals would be calculated. I would have voted differently had I known.

I objected to the whole scheme on the grounds that it discriminated against those with mobility problems, but who don't qualify for blue badge parking. I made that clear at the start and in answering a few of the questions about particular locations, but I got tired of repeating that when answering the numerous individual questions. 

I then ranked the particular proposals into those I was utterly against, those in the middle ("no opinion"), and those I could agree with. I suspect all the no opinion votes counted as partial support, rather than being "a less bad option".

Of course the whole scheme assumed that all residents of Charlbury had already been consulted, and we had not, only those in the few central streets! Various people pointed this out, but were ignored. All very unsatisfactory. 

Tue 25 Feb, 12:42

Suzy, the results start on page 15 of the link below. I still cannot understand how, that on the majority of questions, there were more objections than supports but it still got passed. I can only assume that they included the "partially support" votes with the support votes, but in my mind, it you are only "partially supporting", you are also "partially objecting" so these equally could have been used to vote against the scheme?

https://mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/documents/s74101/CMDTMT12122024%20-%20Charlbury%20Parking%20Scheme%202024.pdf

Wed 19 Feb, 22:01

Please can someone kindly post a link to the survey results that led to the new parking permits etc? 

Wed 19 Feb, 16:27 (last edited on Wed 19 Feb, 16:30)

I believe this is what is known as a service strip that belongs to the highways authority, not the adjacent property. If you are aware that this is not the case then please let me know and I will ask them to move the post. 

Tue 18 Feb, 16:05

How come residents need planning permission to change most things on the exterior of our houses but the council can plant these on someone’s front lawn without notice? 

Tue 18 Feb, 16:04

Tue 18 Feb, 16:04

Tue 18 Feb, 14:41

I have just opened the office post and note that the "trial" lines for this wildly popular scheme are to be laid in early March, including in places where it would not be possible to park, which is novel and doubtless to add to the aesthetics. Let us hope there will be another "consultation" after six months

Mon 17 Feb, 20:25

...and of course it's only a trial scheme for six months, isn't it. Isn't it? Well they said it was. Of course it's not. But it's supposed to be. At the end of that, if it were not a success then they'd need to dig all these signs out again. Who will determined whether it's a success, and by what criteria? Well, I guess the people who are going to get all the money from the permits...

Mon 17 Feb, 18:45

I keep wondering how many pot holes could have been filled for the cost of installing each post. Money, which in my opinion could have been spent elsewhere, benefitting far more people.

Mon 17 Feb, 12:03

These posts are being installed in readiness for the residents' parking scheme. They will be cleaned when it comes into force.

It is a concern that this leads to more street furniture but it is inevitable with the scheme.

Thu 13 Feb, 18:48

Interesting to see all of the new sign posts being installed in the town centre. How is it that The Bell, for example, have planing permission refused for a wall, which is perfectly in keeping with the town, but unsightly posts and signs can be fitted in the footpaths which are an absolute eyesore?