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In Eynsham this evening for a public meeting on the future of the A40 - dozens of people have packed into the village hall 
Panel includes Charles Matthew (county councillor for Eynsham), Gordon Beach (Eynsham Parish Council chair) and Yvonne Constance (OCC cabinet member for environment). Unsurprisingly there are a lot of questions to get through...
Think the atmosphere could be defined as hostile - and goes up a notch when OCC officer says they ‘hope’ the A40 upgrades will reduce the number of journeys
Summary of the plans here: oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17225285.…
Linked here is the issue of improvements to Cotswold Line/Hanborough Station - Yvonne Constance says these have to wait for upgrades to Oxford Station first
And on rail, the cabinet member sums it up that OCC can fund this A40 scheme but can’t fund a rail line. Covered here: witneygazette.co.uk/news/17360937.…
Now onto crossings on the A40 - derision as OCC officer Raymond Cheung says subways underneath the road could create ‘social issues’ in an ‘area like Eynsham’
Bit of a pantomime feel at times...now covering fears of a bottleneck near Wolvercote and whether OCC can *guarantee* more people will take buses
Electric vehicles come up: 5% of 850 spaces in park and ride would be set aside for EV charging bays
Councillor Constance repeatedly telling the hall that this is a ‘first step’ in a wider network of improvements - which is why both eastbound and westbound aren’t covered equally
One resident who supports the plans says he feels like Steve Smith coming out to bat at Edgbaston yesterday #ifyouknowyouknow
