Access to Headington project meetings this week

Plans for the first phase of the major transport improvement project will be displayed at Cheney School Community Centre on Friday and Saturday.

Visitors will be able to see what work will be done to the junction of Old Road, Roosevelt Drive, Gipsy Lane and Warneford Lane as well as the traffic management that will be used.

Staff from the council and contractors Skanska will also be on hand to talk visitors through the work and answer questions.

County councillor David Nimmo Smith, cabinet member for transport, said: “Access to Headington has understandably been the subject of a great deal of local interest.

“It is a major investment in local transport in the area and, while the work is being done, there will be disruption although we will do what we can to minimise this for people travelling in the area as well as local residents

“However we will explain clearly at the exhibitions how the disruption in the short term will be worth it for the long term improvements.

“The Headington area is going to see significant development in the future – more people and jobs means more people travelling on the roads. We have to invest now so that the transport infrastructure can cope with the demands of the future.

“There will also be concerns about how we will do our work and how it will fit in with the hospital’s heat pipeline scheme, so we will also be answering questions on that too.”

The plans will be displayed on September 30 between 4pm and 7.30pm and again on Saturday, October 1 between 10am and 1pm.