I've been door knocking a lot in the past week, and I'm heartened by the responses I've gotten. Especially one sticks in my mind, that of an elderly gentleman who's faithfully voted for one party for 60 years, but has now lent me his vote. I've taken this away with me, as he said I should.
Residents voted overwhelmingly in a referendum in 2019 (93%) for the Summertown & St Margaret's Neighbourhood Plan to have a continuous south bound bus lane in Woodstock Road, and a segregated bike lane away from the traffic. Andrew Gant endorsed this.
The residents were betrayed
Not to push traffic onto an already congested ring road, increasing pollution. Getting rid of the East Oxford LTNs that are slowing down (and decreasing) bus journeys due to congestion. Allowing school buses to access Park & Rides. You can read more on my website, https://t.co/yQFcm8uz5v
COR BACKS INGA NICHOLAS FOR WOLVERCOTE, REPLACING 'DISMISSIVE' HIGHWAYS CHIEF ANDREW GANT
'Inga's election will create a powerful advocate for North Oxford, and remove one of the most divisive individuals from the toxic minority-council. Wolvercote will be a better place for it'
Great event yesterday organised by Mark Beer @BeerForOxon and me.
Guests included concerned local residents, business owners, a former local councillor and other independent candidates.
We will carry on with these meetings if elected, listening to you.
There's money for this, but not £200,000 for a bus route from Iffley to Westgate, or £300,000 for a bus route from Cutteslowe to Jericho. #Oxford
https://t.co/MTfOql3dYm
Residents are given weeks to take part in a consultation about removing parking. “Early ideas”, “redesign of Banbury Rd”.
“It will create an ambitious vision for how we will reclaim street space…”
People have seen where these consultations end, and it is no wonder they worry.
OCC transport head Andrew Gant at today's council meeting.
"There are no proposals to remove parking in Summertown. The residents and businesses in Summertown have been misinformed.
In other news, OCC floats the idea of removing car parking in Summertown - with illustrations.
@uncreativetom Botley Road is not set to open until Aug 2026, in more than a year’s time. So, yes, the impact should be researched and the LTNs removed if they’re found to cause so much extra trouble in addition to essential work.
The Oxford City Council overwhelmingly voted against transparency about pollution levels inside the ZEZ expansion area.
True to form, now Labour, LibDem and Green have voted against independent councillor proposals to evaluate the impact of the traffic filters on businesses.
Today is the last day to fill out the consultation. The proposed changes are enormous. In Summertown this means removing parking from Banbury Rd.
Although the proposed changes will cause upheaval, few people know about the consultations. There is no mention of them on the official Summertown notice board.
https://t.co/o9R887orGW
More on Oxfordshire County Council accounting:
Several General Ledger Codes and Service categories don't match. Jan-Nov 2024:
£41,325,913 logged under "B*Cycle Tracks" matched with "Care Homes".
£5,122,609 recorded as "B*Bus Shelter Repairs" filed under "Foster Care"