A new future for Chalgrove Airfield Update from the Homes and Communities Agency October 2016
Inside: Creating a connected community Find out more at our ‘drop in’ session Your questions answered
Regional road investment strategy
Since our last newsletter in September, a number of people have asked us about what infrastructure support will be provided for the new community at the Chalgrove Airfield site. Our role in delivering new communities across England means that we understand the vital role that infrastructure provision will play in providing better roads, transport and utilities needed to support growth. We are working to identify what would be needed at the site and the wider area, and the funding required to provide this. Although detailed proposals are still to be formed, local people have already provided us with important information which is being used to help shape these.
green belt employment growth points existing towns and villages highway improvement and traffic mitigation new Bus Rapid Transit
Oxford Science Park
Oxford Business Park
Chalgrove
Culham Science Centre
We have heard how the housing developments already planned for local villages close to Chalgrove will be built without matching investment in infrastructure, and the traffic problems this will cause. 0
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Proposed infrastructure investment corridors The HCA is looking at an area-wide package of investment of more than £100m in road improvements and public transport in South Oxfordshire to serve the proposed new community at Chalgrove. This • A package of road improvements and new provision at ‘infrastructure first’ approach will also help tackle the traffic Watlington, Benson, Stadhampton and Little Milton. This will problems which local people tell us are set to happen given also play an important role in tackling heavy goods vehicle housing development about to be built in neighbouring villages. traffic that already causes major problems in these villages. HCA’s infrastructure first approach will also play a major role in connecting Chalgrove to, and supporting planned employment David Warburton, HCA head of area, growth at, places like the Oxford Business and Science Parks, said: “We know investment will be and Culham Science Centre. Around 3,600 new jobs are required to ensure that the new planned in these areas over the next 10-15 years. community at Chalgrove is well Any infrastructure would be designed in a way which connected. We will make the resources recognises and preserves the rural character of this part of available to deliver this, as we have South Oxfordshire. done on similar developments. HCA’s package of infrastructure improvements could include: • Investment in a new bus rapid transit route from Chalgrove to serve the major employment growth areas to the south of Oxford, including a route to Culham Science Centre. • Investment to enable delivery of the Clifton Hampden bypass to support major job growth at Culham.
“Local people will play a key role in helping us identify what infrastructure is needed and we are committed to working with them to achieve this.” Find out more about how you can get involved on page 3.
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