Life with the bridge works at Challow has created a new and dangerous sport, dog walking.
Drivers using the closed road, Cow Lane, are trying to get as close to pedestrians as they can. I have been brushed by speeding wing mirrors twice whilst out with my dog.
The only Oxford county department that comes out of this with any praise is trading standards. They have tried to keep hgvs off this single track lane, despite a local MP lobbying to allow Thames Travel buses to use it.
The road signs have been thrown into paddocks or in at least one case stolen by a local waste disposal company driver. The grass verges are being ripped up by the cars and vans by over 3ft from the tarmac so there is no safe place for pedestrians at all.
I am sure it is only a matter of time before there is a fatal collision.
Norman Wilkins, Barn Close, Denchworth
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