Sir – I wholeheartedly agree with Dr Katy Jennison’s letter (July 22).

As she says, the Shores Green Slip Road scheme was supposed to be started as soon as possible. Four years on and nothing.

The Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, agreed with the inspector that the Cogges Link Road was to be turned down in favour of the Shores Green slip roads. Oxfordshire County Council dragged their feet as they were obviously unhappy with the decision.

They apparently lost any funding that might have been available and now they seem to have kicked it into touch completely, omitting it from the latest transport proposals.

At the time of the inquiry it was important to OCC to relieve Bridge Street of traffic and dangerous fumes but that also seems to have been forgotten now.

Also, if the improvement works at Hanborough station happen, as the roads are at the moment, traffic from the west or south of Witney would still have to go through Bridge Street rather than using the long-awaited Shores Green slip road and Jubilee Way to avoid the town centre.

This could potentially add to the traffic and fumes that OCC were so concerned about during the inquiry.

Marilyn Webb
Witney