rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-oxfordshires-road-to-ruin?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-oxfordshires-road-to-ruin' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Oxford Friends of the Earth https://actionnetwork.org/groups/oxford-friends-of-the-earth https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is proposing to build a new 9 mile road across south Oxfordshire from the A34 at Milton through to the A415 near Clifton Hampden and the B4015 to take traffic to the A4074 (the Oxford – Reading road). This is a major development which will impact all villages along its route. Five parish councils are objecting to the plan as are BBOWT, our county Wildlife Trust. This costly road (currently over £290M) is likely to generate more traffic and merely shift congestion from one site to another. It will increase carbon emissions at a time when we must be cutting them rapidly. It will slice through our countryside and involve a major new bridge over the Thames. Building this road will increase pressure for another road connecting this one to the M40 – the likely route of the abandoned Expressway plan. This may be an ‘Expressway by stealth’. For more information see:https://www.oxfoe.co.uk/notonewroads/ We call on Oxfordshire County Council to withdraw and cancel the ‘HIF1’ south Oxfordshire road scheme and develop transport plans that meet local needs in a less destructive and polluting manner. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-oxfordshires-road-to-ruin