The London Road Level Crossing: an update

While waiting to hear results of the EWR consultation on the level crossing, you can lobby our MP, Calum Miller: the more he hears from us the more he can represent us. You can also say that the idea of diverting traffic from the level crossing onto existing road networks is about the worst option possible! Contact at calummiller.mp@parliament.uk

You can still write to the Department for Transport

Here are the contact email addresses for the key people. (Lord) Peter Hendy is the key person as he is the Minister for Rail.

The Secretary of State is Heidi Alexander (heidi.alexander.mp@parliament.uk)

The Minister of State is Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (hendyp@parliament.uk)

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary is Mike Kane (mike.kane.mp@parliament.uk)

Copy any emails you send to the above to Calum Miller as well.

Need help with any of this?

If you’d like to share your views but feel unsure about writing to MPs, I’m happy to help. As a communications professional with experience in government lobbying, I can assist with drafting letters. Contact me at sarachristiane@icloud.com. I live in Launton.

SaraDavis

The traffic issue in numbers

• In November 2023 EWR carried out a survey of use at the level crossing.

• It showed 62,283 non-pedestrian crossings a week, or 8,898 per day.

• The EWR proposal document says that “work has demonstrated that motorised traffic could feasibly be diverted onto existing roads without users incurring significant delays or disruption”

• They provide no evidence to show that the two alternative road routes for diverted traffic (A41& Queens Avenue via the Bicester Village roundabout to the south; and A4421WretchwickWay & Launton Road to the east and north) will be able to handle the 4,449 vehicle increase on each route each day.

• There is no traffic survey of current use on the alternative road routes.

• There is no analysis or proposals that review the knock-on impact of the diverted traffic on villages around Bicester .

• How much traffic will end up using Blackthorn Road through Launton?