You can't park there! 会議 builds new £51million 850-space 'park and ride' 場所/位置 - which won't be used 'for years' because there's no road in
- The road into the 場所/位置 is 予定 to be built as part of wider 作品 to 改善する the A40
A 会議 has nearly finished building a £51million 'park and ride' 場所/位置 that critics (人命などを)奪う,主張する will not be used 'for years' because there is no road into it.
The 850-space car park off the A40 in Eynsham, Oxfordshire was finished in January - apart from some landscaping 作品 - and was 約束d to 削減(する) congestion in the area by a third.
But a 議員 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs it is going to remain 'shut for a number of years' while Oxfordshire 郡 会議 find money to build the road to 接近 it.?
Liam Walker said: 'My understanding is that the park and ride 場所/位置 will soon be 完全にする, but then it's going to be shut for a number of years while the 郡 会議 work to 任命する/導入する the 接近.
An 空中の 見解(をとる) of?Eynsham Park & Ride which could remain shut 'for years'
A 見解(をとる) of the 850-space car park off the A40
A CGI image showing how the park and ride 場所/位置 would look after 完成?
'This is a disappointing and a backwards way to do things in my mind as it means the 場所/位置 cannot be used when we now have a 正規の/正選手 bus service into Oxford passing and also into London.'
Last July the 郡 閣僚 認可するd a new 計画(する) to 完全にする the £180million 全体にわたる A40 改良 計画(する) in 段階s.
Oxfordshire 郡 会議 見積(る)s the 施設 has the capacity to 削減(する) up to a third of the 頂点(に達する) traffic travelling in each direction on the ひどく congested A40 between Witney and Oxford.
A spokesper son for Oxfordshire 郡 会議 said: 'The new 850 space Eynsham park and ride 場所/位置 is almost 完全にする, on schedule and within 予算.?
'The park and ride is designed to be connected to 提案するd bus 小道/航路s between Eynsham and Oxford, as part of the wider A40 改良s programme.
Critics (人命などを)奪う,主張する that the 場所/位置 will not be used 'for years' because there is no road going into it?
Picture shows the road the construction teams have been using to 接近 the 場所/位置
'完全にするing the park and ride 場所/位置 now, ahead of the 残り/休憩(する) of the work in the area which 要求するd more 複雑にするd 是認, has saved millions of 続けざまに猛撃するs in インフレーション and construction costs.?
'This was a conscious 決定/判定勝ち(する), taken at a time when costs were rising 速く across all 産業s.
'延期するs 原因(となる)d by 基金ing 圧力s, 含むing インフレーション, mean the wider A40 計画/陰謀 needed to be redesigned, and now prioritises bus and bike travel.?
'We are talking to Homes England and the Department for 輸送(する), the main 基金ing 団体/死体s for the programme, to agree a way 今後. Our conversations with them are at an 前進するd 行う/開催する/段階 and we hope to be able to 株 more soon.
'We are ready to 進歩 with the work, 含むing bus 小道/航路s, once 基金ing is 確認するd.
'The park and ride, 位置を示すd on the A40 between Oxford and Witney, is designed to 供給する an attractive and 維持できる 代案/選択肢 to 運動ing into the city. When connected to the planned bus 小道/航路s, the park and ride will help 改善する reliability, frequency, and connectivity of public 輸送(する) services into Oxford from the west.
'Work to build the 場所/位置 began in December 2022. 請負業者s are 現在/一般に working on landscaping the 場所/位置 and that should be 完全にする in May 2024.
'The 現在の timeline 示唆するs the park and ride could be fully in use by 2026 or 2027, 支配する to planning and construction.'