OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(ABINGDON MARATHON) (SPECIAL EVENT) ORDER 2019 NOTICE is given that on 14 October 2019 Oxfordshire County Council proposes to make the above order under Section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The order will be in effect for the morning of Sunday, 20 October 2019. The order is to facilitate the holding of the Abingdon Marathon based at Tilsley Park, which is promoted on behalf of the Abingdon Marathon Committee by Dene Stringfellow of 2 School Road, West Hanney, Oxfordshire OX12 0LA. The Council is satisfied that the event cannot be held wholly off road and that it in the interest of road safety that vehicular traffic should be temporarily restricted. The effect of the order is to prohibit vehicles:
a) between approximately 08.30 and 09.30hrs from using the section of Dunmore Road eastwards from Wootton Road roundabout towards Tilsley Park (northern lane) and Twelve Acre Drive (northern lane between Oxford Road and Audlett Drive/Radley Road roundabouts) including closure of the roundabout junction of the Oxford Road roundabout with Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, and the section of Radley Road eastwards from Audlett Drive to Thrupp Lane, Radley;

b) between approximately 08.00 and 13.15hrs, northbound traffic only prohibited in the Milton to Drayton direction -Milton Road roundabout junction with High Street & Sutton Road northwards to the B4016 Drayton Road;

c) between approximately 08.00 and 13.15hrs, Drayton Road to Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay closed to the junction with Church Street & High Street; and

d) between approximately 11.00hrs and 14.00hrs the section of Dunmore Road from the B4017Wootton Road eastbound lane to Tilsley Park closed. Traffic from side roads onto Dunmore Road will be required to turn left only during the closures.

Exemptions will be included for access, emergency services and event safety vehicles.
Alternative routes for traffic affected by the closures are; Abingdon Area: For westbound traffic via Whites Lane, Radley. The Avenue and Kennington Road, Kennington, Hinksey Hill, Foxcombe Road & Fox Lane, Boars Hill, B4017 Wootton Road, to Abingdon Bath Street, Stratton Way, Vineyard, Radley Road and Audlett Drive.
For eastbound traffic via Audlett Drive, Abingdon, Radley Road, Vineyard, Stert Street, High Street, Stratton Way, Bath Street, Wootton Road, B4017 Wootton, Fox Lane & Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Hinksey Hill, Kennington Road and The Avenue, and Whites Lane, Radley.
For the closure of Milton Road, northbound via High St Drayton, High St Milton, Park Drive, A4130, B4017, Steventon Rd to High St Drayton.
For Drayton Road closure eastbound (diversion for Drayton Rd & Brook St) - Milton Rd, Sutton Rd, Milton Rd, High St Sutton Courtenay
Drayton Road westbound - High St Sutton Courtenay, Milton Rd, Sutton Rd, High St Milton, Park Drive, A4130, B4017, Abingdon Rd, Steventon Rd, High St Drayton. Documents giving more detailed particulars of the proposed Order are available for public inspection at County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND from 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday; and at Abingdon Library, The Charter, Abingdon from 9am to 7pm Monday to Wednesday and Friday, from 9am to 1pm on Thursday and from 9am to 4.30 pm on Saturday. (Ref.MS) Traffic Regulation Team for the Director for Infrastructure Delivery, County Hall, Oxford, OX11ND. Tel 0345 31011 11.