The county council has recently begun work on a major improvement scheme on the A4130 Milton Interchange. From Monday 16 February traffic management will be in place on the A34, and this is detailed below.

Milton Interchange improvement scheme – traffic management from 16 February 2015

A full traffic management system, which will include the A34, will be implemented 24 hours a day from Monday 16 February 2015. This is in addition to the traffic management already in place on the A4130 roundabout.

Traffic travelling south (towards Newbury) on the A34 will be subject to a 30mph speed limit through the traffic management. The left hand lane will be diverted down the slip road, around the A4130 roundabout, and back up onto the A34. This arrangement has been introduced at the request of the Highways Agency in order to ensure that they have the space necessary to grit the A34 in the event of icy conditions. Traffic flow information indicates that normally at peak traffic hours almost half of the southbound traffic on the A34 at Milton leaves the A34 on this slip road.

Traffic travelling north (towards Oxford) on the A34 will be subject to a 40mph speed limit through the traffic management, within narrowed lanes.

Traffic management on the A4130 roundabout: Two lanes of traffic will be maintained around the roundabout throughout the work. Areas of the third lane will be coned off as required to enable work to be carried out.

In addition to the scheme at Milton, work is also taking place nearby as follows:

Hagbourne Hill - Improvement work began at Hagbourne Hill on Monday 26 January 2015. The scheme affects the full length of Hagbourne Hill from the A417 at the north end to Townsend at the Chilton end. The work includes carriageway resurfacing, strengthening of the edge of carriageway and drainage works. The road works will be carried out under a complete road closure of Hagbourne Hill and are expected to last for nine weeks. More information can be found at: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/hagbourne-hill-and-harwell-link-road

Featherbed Lane - Improvement work began at Featherbed Lane on Monday 26 January 2015. Road works are currently being carried out on Featherbed Lane between the A417 Wantage Road and the A4130 Abingdon Road.

The work includes carriageway resurfacing, road widening, strengthening of the edge of carriageway and drainage works. The road works are expected to last for nine weeks and will be carried out under a complete road closure of Featherbed Lane.

Abingdon Road and Tollgate Road, Culham – from Saturday 14 February the county council will be carrying out embankment stabilization and footway reinstatement work between the bridge parapet and the traffic lights on the Sutton Courtenay side of the road. The work will require a road closure, but this will only be in place off-peak between 9.30am and 3.30pm. (please note, the start of this scheme is still being discussed with contractors and may start on Monday 16 February).

B4493 Foxhall Road - Thames Water plan to carry out work on the B4493 Foxhall Road. These works are scheduled to take place from  Thursday 19 February until Thursday 12 March. All temporary traffic lights will be working off-peak between 9.30am  and 3.30pm

National Grid work currently taking place on Foxhall Road is scheduled to be complete on Monday 16 February.

Works near Hawksworth junction on the A4130 will be completed by latest Monday 16 February 2015. Traffic management is 2 way temporary lights.

The following schemes are also listed on www.roadworks.org

1.     A4130, Manor Overbridge. Wednesday 18 to Thursday 19 February 2015. One night only. Traffic management is 2 way temporary lights.
2.     Basil Hill Rd., National Grid. Friday 6 February to  Sunday 17 May 2015 Joint hole. Traffic management is 2 way temporary lights.
3.     A4130, Ladygrove Bridge. Skanska. Saturday 14 to  Sunday 15 February 2015. One night between 11.30pm and 08.00am. Bridge inspection. Traffic management is 2 way temporary lights.

More information

Each major Oxfordshire County Council transport improvement scheme has its own dedicated web page on the Travel Choices section of the county council website. Milton at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/a34milton and, all other major transport improvement schemes can be found at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/travelchoices