I read with interest the article in community news (September 9) about the village of Old Marston being a rat run for commuters.

It is very heavily congested at peak times, especially the mornings. There are a few traffic-calming measures which have been installed for several years and, although there is a large volume of traffic, it is sometimes crawling through.

So to say it takes 10 minutes to exit Boults Lane is a bit of an overstatement. The majority of drivers will give way to let one out.

I have lived in Old Marston all my life having been born in the village.

Today’s letters

The road is, after all, a public highway and has always been a through road.

The same happens in Woodeaton and Elsfield and I daresay many other villages throughout the county.

We in Old Marston have the added problem of non-residents using our streets as a car park.

We had a public meeting in the village hall a few weeks ago with Oxfordshire County Council to express our concerns and request some form of action. We are still waiting to find out what will happen.

Michael Clarke

Lewell Avenue,

Old Martson, Oxford

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