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TEMPORARY traffic lights, Southern Road, Thame, both ways at Rooks Lane – water main work affecting both ways;

Due to be completed 18th December 2009

SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is providing free parking in all its pay and display car parks, including those in Thame, in the run up to Christmas.

Starting on Saturday, December 5, 2009 all council car parks will be free in the afternoons from 12 midday, every Saturday up to Christmas day. There
is no need to buy a ticket, although the maximum stay still applies.

David Dodds, Cabinet member with responsibility for car parks, said:
“I?m delighted the council is again able to give this boost to the local economy by providing these free parking periods. By not charging for parking in its car parks from 12 midday onwards on Saturdays in
December, we hope to encourage people to visit and shop locally in our market towns.”

ON November O2, 2009, a number of changes will be made to bus services supported by Buckinghamshire County Council. These include changes to timetables, operators and service numbers. Some poorly used services have been withdrawn with parts of their routes incorporated within other services.

260/261 Arriva Mon – Sat Oxford – Thame & Thame – Aylesbury; This service will be replaced by new Arriva service 110, with journeys to Oxford withdrawn. (i.e. service will run between Aylesbury and Thame only)

Service 11 Mon – Fri Brill – Oakley – Thame – Aylesbury; This service will be replaced by service 111

Service 12 Tues & Thurs Brill – Oakley – Thame – Princes Risborough; This service will be replaced by service 113 with some sections withdrawn. This service will no longer serve Ford, Bishopstone or Owlswick.

Service 13 Tues & Thurs Thame – Princes Risborough; This service will be replaced by service 113 with some sections withdrawn. This service will no longer serve TOWERSEY.

Service 15 Weds & Fri Chinnor – Princes Risborough – Aylesbury; This service will be withdrawn, but with the route through Ford & Bishopstone replaced by service 112.

Service 30 Fridays only Brill – Oakley – Bicester; This service will be withdrawn. Journeys on a Friday will be provided by service 112.

38 Redline Wednesdays only Brill – Oakley – Aylesbury; This service will be replaced by service 112.

More details on Bucks CC website

A footpath that runs along part of a proposed community path between Thame and Haddenham, is to be upgraded to a Right of Way by Buckinghamshire County Council – good news for all the cylists, walkers and and horseriders who have been campaigning for a safe route between the two communities for years.

LOCAL people who live and work in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, are being asked to put their names to two petitions – one for each county council involved, Busks and Oxfordshire, to demonstrate local support for a path between Thame and Haddenham.

Lee Stevens, from Buckinghamshire County Council, recently gave the good news to the Haddenham-based cycling group, Haddenham Safe Walking & Cycling Group (SWAC), and informed them that BCC are going to make a complusory order for the change. He estimated that it would take about six months to achieve and that once the change had been made, it would then be a matter of getting the funds together to make the path.

The new name for the community path is to be The Miller’s Way, reflecting the existance of Scotsgrove Mill on the route.

Contact: editor@thame.net to have your request for a copy of the petition, passed on.

Photo: Bridlepath towards Scotsgrove Mill, Copyright Shaun Ferguson

SLOW moving traffic has now cleared on the M40 after the northbound motorway was closed ealier this afternoon, following a crash.

A motorcyclist was injured in the incident that happened near Wheatley, and there was a diversion through Thame while the incident was cleared and road accident investigatiions could take place.

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a collision that occurred today (6/8/09) on the M40.

At around 5.50am a silver Lexus left the southbound carriageway between junctions four and three, and collided with the nearside embankment.

The driver, a man aged in his twenties, was taken to Wexham Park Hospital with serious injuries.

PC Brett Dwyer, who is investigating the collision, said: ?I would like to hear from anyone that may have seen the vehicle prior to the collision or who witnessed the collision itself.?

Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC Dwyer at Amersham Roads Policing base via 0845 8 505 505. If you don?t want to speak to police or leave your name, please contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

THE Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision that occurred on Sunday (21/6/09)) on the M40.

At around 8.40pm, there was a collision between a blue Suzuki Swift and a silver Vauxhall Astra on the southbound carriageway between junctions four (High Wycombe) and three.

The driver of the Suzuki, a woman, was taken to Wexham Park Hospital with minor injuries. She has since been discharged.

PC Michael Sapwell, who is investigating the collision, said: “I would like to hear from anyone that may have seen the vehicles prior to the collision or who witnessed the collision itself.

“I would also like to hear from anyone that may have seen two ?Subaru-type? vehicles travelling along this stretch of road at the time, as they may have had some involvement in the collision.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC Sapwell at Amersham Roads Policing bas via 0845 8 505 505. If you don?t want to talk to police or leave your name, please contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

THE M40 motorway has now reopened (11am, 10/06/09)following a serious tanker fire near Stokenchurch, between junctions five and six late last night.

Eight fire crews, including two from Thame, fought for over three hours to bring the blazing tanker, carrying 30,000 litres of fuel, under control.

Two lanes of the motorway were closed while water and fuel on the carriageway was dealt with.

Image: for illustrative purposes only – Courtesy of photo.net

THE M40 motorway has now reopened following a collison earlier today (3/6/09)in which a lorry driver died.

The collision occurred around 5.43am, between junctions 10 and 9 on the southbound carriageway of the M40 and involved two articulated lorries and a van. The driver of one of the lorries died and two other drivers suffered shock but did not require hospital treatment.

Police officers worked closely with the Fire Service who had to assess oxy-acetylene cylinders that may have become unstable on one of the vehicles. The primary concern was public safety and the safety of the emergency services working at the scene.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is urged to contact Sgt Pete Jell at Bicester Roads Policing department via 0845 8 505 505.

TEMPORARY traffic lights on Wellington Street, Thame, because of gas main work.
Ends May 4, 2009.