Witney Active Travel Corridor – Steering Group
11th March 2021
15:00-15:45
Microsoft Teams session
Attendees: County Council
WODC
Jacqui Cox (JC) – Chair
Kim Hudson (KH)
Kim Sutherland (KS)
Will Barton (WB)
Graham Stanley (GS)
Rosie Rowe (RR)
Jonathan Sayers (JS)
Paul Wilson (PW)
Apologies: Odele Parsons (OP); Naomi Barnes (NB); Melanie Graham (MG); Lydia
Dunsdon (LD); Paul Harris (PH); Ruth Anderson (RA); Emma Phillips
(EP); Zoe Elford (ZE); Anton Deacon (AD)
MINUTES
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
MINUTES AND ACTIONS
• Team are out on site now and starting at Witan Way
roundabout
• Issue over the wall has been resolved – permission to
Infrastructure update
remove this. Still in correspondence regarding the
2.
hedge removal
Inc. Programme
• Narrow nature of Tower Hill is making design
challenging as limited width availability poses creating a
substandard path. Design team currently investigating
options and cost
• Tower Hill School to be the site of School Streets pilot
• ETRO submission is being finalised this week/early
next but won’t be going live until after elections
• Henry Box School have shown interest in participating
in School Streets and although primary schools are
3.
School Streets
prioritised a conversation will be had with them,
particularly as congestion is a major problem for the
school
• Henry Box, St Mary’s and Batt School near one another
and the scheme and could be considered together
• Wheels for All – supporting people with physical
disability and helping people ride with specially adapted
bike – trying to get a Wheels for All club off the ground
Community activation
4.
with an event.
Action: KS to discuss with OP and design team if
there are certain places along the route that would
be good to hold an event (around mid to end of
April) to promote Wheels for All e.g. Langel
Common
• Lack of bike storage an issue – Aspire and Cotsway
Housing work with people who are at risk of
Homelessness in the town – once locations are known
further consideration to be given to sources of funding
e.g. Accessibility Fund/ infrastructure funding/
Councillor Priority Fund
Action: RR to find out about locations desired for
bike storage
• Procurement issues with tag master equipment but this
should be sorted by the end of the financial year
5.
Monitoring update
• Looking at upgrading ACC and ATC sites in Witney to
provide a live feed and putting in cycling loops at ATC
sites
• Priority at the moment is School Streets – drafting a
press release ready for the launch – going to work with
Sustrans to deliver this – to tell people that it’s coming
and a message to other road users that it won’t come
Engagement and
6.
as a surprise if a road is closed it’s only temporary –
Communications
hoping to get this out early next week
• Will be webpages on school streets/ community
activation (RR team doing this) – aiming to have these
live before going out publicly
• Town Council has an annual car free day 22nd
September, this provides a great opportunity to promote
active travel and community activation
•
Action: NM to send WODC colleagues schedule of
7.
AOB
works
•
Action: KS following weekly Thursday meeting
between OCC officers and design team to provide a
bullet point update on Steering Group Teams chat