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ÂŁ6.2m pledged to build Didcot perimeter road By Eva Astreinidou A TOTAL of ÂŁ6.2million has been pledged to fund road improvements in Didcot in preparation for thousands of new homes in the area. The cash will go towards the delivery of Didcot’s northern perimeter road, which will run from the A4130 at Hadden Hill, and link up with Abingdon Road. Housing Minister Alok Sharma announced last week that south Oxfordshire would benefit from the government cash injection to help unlock plans to build 15,000 new homes in the garden town by 2031. Councillor John Cotton, leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “I’m really pleased that we are able to fund the completion of the northern perimeter road - a project that has been sat waiting for years. “Once completed, the road will relieve pressure elsewhere in the town and provide a real boost to other garden town proposals.â€? Oxfordshire County Council leader Ian Hudspeth said: “The county council is pleased to see Oxfordshire’s growth ambitions recognised by the funding announcement. “The northern perimeter road will provide a critical link in and around Didcot and will provide the muchneeded infrastructure to support the new homes planned for Didcot.â€? The investment will allow the district council’s ambitions to boost
economic growth across the Science Vale and enterprise zone, increasing employment by 20,000 over the next 20 years. Across the country, there are 10 garden towns and cities and 14 garden villages included in the government’s programme, with an overall potential to deliver more than 200,000 homes. Housing and planning minister Alok Sharma said: “We need to deliver the right infrastructure in the right places to speed up house building and deliver the homes this country needs.
Farewell to ‘Guinea Pig’ airman Jack
The road will relieve pressure elsewhere in the town and provide a real boost to other garden town proposals John Cotton, SODC leader “This ÂŁ6.2m funding is excellent news for the Oxfordshire area, promising to boost local growth and turbo-charge the delivery of thousands of new homes.â€? SODC and Vale of White Horse District Council have recently finished consulting on the delivery plan of Didcot’s garden town. The responses received will be collated with a view to launch the final plan in the autumn.
Second World War airman and member of the so-called ‘Guinea Pig’ club, Jack Perry, has passed away aged 92. The Harwell resident suffered serious burns to his face, ears and hands when his Halifax plane exploded in the skies
above Yorkshire in August 1944. He was just 19 when it happened and joined a unique group of war burn victims who banded together as the ‘Guinea Pig club’ after they received pioneering plastic surgery. “From his days in Bomber Command
to his support of the RAF Benevolent Fund he was brave, selfless and inspiring�, said Paul Hughesdon, from the fund. “The RAF has lost one of its finest characters and we send our condolences to Jack’s family and his wife Mary at this difficult time.�
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