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Title: Appleford Council calls for greener flyover railway bridge to link with Didcot Post by: Lee on January 28, 2021, 09:38:10 https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19043360.council-calls-greener-flyover-bridge-link-didcot/
Quote A PARISH council wants to see a new railway bridge developed in an ‘environmentally-sensitive and community enhancing way’. Appleford Parish Council wants to see changes to a new road which would link Didcot with the Culham Science Centre – and in particular the councillors do not want the bridge to ruin the village’s peace. Oxfordshire County Council approved plans to build a relief road from Didcot to Clifton Hampden – and a fly-over bridge over private railway sidings at Appleford-on-Thames – in July 2020. Title: Re: Appleford Council calls for greener flyover railway bridge to link with Didcot Post by: Oxonhutch on January 28, 2021, 10:22:10 Looking at the proposed route and its relation to the village itself, I struggle to see where the objections come from. The new road will remove through traffic from Appleford itself including a narrow railway overbridge. The route runs mainly though an area of old land fill of old gravel pits. It will form a very convenient route from Didcot to Abingdon which is somewhat tortuous at present passing through several local villages on the various ways.
Title: Re: Appleford Council calls for greener flyover railway bridge to link with Didcot Post by: didcotdean on January 28, 2021, 12:45:16 A road from the east/north of Didcot and Abingdon to Oxford has had a remarkably long gestation period as it was first considered by Berkshire County Council before the Second World War. For local purposes it was preferred over a route to the west which was what was eventually built through the 1970s as the A34.
Preferring a route more to the west might only at some stage encourage infill development of some kind in the future so they need to be careful what they wish for. Alternative routings passing east of Appleford were ruled out already on environmental grounds. They might want to be more concerned about future services from Appleford station as Oxfordshire / Didcot Garden Town plans prioritise Culham. Appleford connections would be via the nebulous Garden Line. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |