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As I walked through Frideswide Square in the direction of the city centre this week I noticed a strange development.
The road outside the Royal Oxford Hotel has been painted red.
There is no explanation of this in situ but the county council is responsible - it's preparing for its traffic filters scheme where six new bus gates will limit car journeys for ordinary citizens.
Unfortunately for the scheme it will have to wait.
Highways bosses confirmed this week that it will postpone its plans until it gets better advice from Network Rail, which has over-run once again with its £161m station revamp.
So the traffic filters trial will not be introduced in November and we have no idea yet when Network Rail plans to reopen the Botley Road at the rail bridge.
Personally I would have no objection to the county council removing the red road markings until the traffic filters go live but I suppose that would be a waste of money, so the red stretch of road can serve as a useful reminder of what is to come.
On a more fun note, I visited a cafe in Abingdon this week which serves ice cream sundaes to dogs. With temperatures getting up to 30 degrees C they probably need it.
Have a good weekend!
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