FOLLOWING the recent extension of the280/X8 bus routes around Thame, Oxfordshire County Council have installed four new permanent bus stops along the route.
The bus stop in the image used for illustrative purposes only, is in fact only for the 40 bus
The new stops are at Churchill Crescent, Orchard Close and the Health Centre in East Street. The old bus stop sign that was outside the Community Hospital was removed last week and taken to Thame Museum. Its replacement is next to the bench that was already in situ outside the Health Centre.
FOR CLARIFICATION:
The X8 route goes up East Street stopping at Orchard Close and Churchill Crescent, then via Howland Road, Wenman Road, Thame Park Road & back down Park Street. The 40 goes up East Street (inc Health Centre), Kings Road, Queens Road and out to Towersey (same route on return).
PLEASE NOTE:
ARRIVA The Shires have advised that they will not be serving the East Street – Wenman Road loop (280 / X8 buses) for the duration of the Highways works in Park Street (6/8 to 13/8). Buses will wait their time at the Town Hall or Co-op.
THE following roads will be closed from 11.50am to 1pm on Saturday, June 9, while the annual Thame Carnival passes through the town.
Please ensure you have moved an vehicles from the route in good time before and respect the marshals who will be protecting all the parade participants and spectators by upholding the road closure:
Moreton Lane into Southern Road to the High Street
High Street from its junction with Southern Road
High Street
Cornmarket
Upper High Street
East Street
Park Street
Thame Park Road from its junction with Jane Morbey Road
Station Yard
THE provision of a bus stop opposite the Health Centre in East Street, Thame, has been delayed, following a complaint from a near-by house-holder.
280 buses in Park Street. Thame. Image courtesy of Poppy Gunn
The planned bus stop is part of servicing the recent new routing of the Arriva 280 and X8 between Thame Park and the town centre, launched in January 2018.
In other travel news, after representations by Thame Town Council and the East Thame Residents Association, the Kingsey Road roundabout in Thame, is to be fitted with reflective lights, in an attempt to improve safety there.
Two years ago, in the space of just a few weeks, there were four accidents at the roundabout, including one where a driver suffered a heart-attack and drove his vehicle straight through a brick wall into the garden and on into the wall of a house whose rear garden faces the spot.
The scene of one of the four crashes at the Kingsey Road roundabout, Thame
How will do you know what Thame has to offer residents and visitors?
A recent Customer Survey carried out by Thame’s Market Town Co-ordinator, Becky Reid, showed that there was a need to improve publicity of what the town had to offer as many people did not seem to know. So, here goes! (There follows a short plug for the wide range of information available on the the Thame.net website, in addition to local news)
If there’s anything else that you would like Thame.Net to include that you think would be useful for both residents and visitors, do email: editor@thame.net with your suggestions. Also, it’s difficult to keep information current in an ever changing and expanding town like Thame, so please do let us know if you spot anything that needs updating, adding or removing.
THE following road closures will be in operation in and around Thame during June: B4445 between Emmington and Towersey – Road closed from 4 to 8 June to facilitate surface dressing works by Oxfordshire County Council.
A40 between Postcode and Tetsworth – Road closed from 4 to 8 June to facilitate surface dressing works by Oxfordshire County Council.
Information, including diversion routes which come around Thame, on the above road closures can be found at roadworks.org. Oxfordshire County Council are apparently aware of the conflicting road diversions and it is understood that the works will be executed one after the other.
Thame 10k Race – Sunday 24 June
Between 9:25am and 9:45am, the Oxford Road from High Street roundabout to the A418 roundabout will be closed.
Between 9:30am and 10:30am, the B4012 Thame Eastern Bypass between its junctions with the A4129 Kingsey Road roundabout and B4445 Chinnor Road, will be closed.
PLANNED Maintenance work by Thames Water with potential traffic disruption – Chinnor Road, Thame. Reference number: 31067497 – Essential repairs in this area to fix a leak found on the water supply. Start Date May 9, 2018 – End Date May 11, 2018
Thames Water says: “We’ll minimise any disruption and keep everyone updated as we complete our repairs. Sometimes, we need more time, for example, to get the right permit or permission from the Local Council, however we’ll be sure to finish our works as soon as possible.
“If we need to provide a temporary supply of water until our we’ve finished our repair work, we’ll find the best options available and let you know what we’re doing.”
OXFORD Road, Thame, at Priest End was closed for some this this afternoon after a fallen line. The 280 bus was temporarily diverted but the road is now open again.
ROAD users in Oxfordshire, will be able to have more of a say about how highway maintenance money is spent in the county, via social media.
Oxfordshire County Council says it is working on a new road maintenance policy and wants to make sure that the day-to-day experience of road users is considered when deciding which roads to upgrade.
“Road condition is at the top the list for many people when it comes to what they would like to improve. You only have to look at social media to see this, which is why we want to take social media posts or ‘street tweets’ into account:” said Councillor, Yvonne Constance, Cabinet Member for Environment.
Now, Oxfordshire roads are assessed and decisions made on where to spend money based on factors such as condition and the amount of traffic that use them – purely engineering factors.
However a ‘social score’ will be added so that feedback from communities and road users can help add weight to the case for work to be done elsewhere.
This means that feedback from social media posts, letters and emails could be captured as part of the assessment process.
