Deep trenches on both sides of the roads

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• Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.

  State changed to: Investigating

  Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 22:22, Thu 22 February 2024

• Thank you for your report and apologies for the delay in a response. Could you please let us know if this is still an issue or if this has now been repaired? If this is still an issue, if possible and safe to do so, could you please provide any new images and detailed location information of the issue so we can get this raised for repair faster. Many thanks and kind regards

  Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 11:20, Tue 19 March 2024

• This HAS NOT been repaired and it's not safe to stop to take photos. I'd suggest one of your team driving from Hagbourne to Chilton and back to see the issues on both sides of the roads

  Posted anonymously at 15:08, Fri 24 May 2024

• Update on 31st July 2024, this problem continues to get worse, with erosion of the road on both sides of the carridgeway leading to the road becoming narrower. It is increasingly dangerous, and causing a risk that an accident may occur, especially if a larger vehicle like lorry may drive off the side of the road and get wheels stuck in these large channels on each side. This problem needs to be fixed asap, and especially before darker nights begin in Autumn which will make it harder for drivers to see and avoid this danger. As mentioned by another person, this affects multiple sections of this road.

  Posted anonymously at 10:23, Wed 31 July 2024

• zoom

  Picture attached of potholes where the speed limit changes

  Posted anonymously at 17:03, Fri 2 August 2024

• Terribly deep gulleys and very dangerous.

  Posted anonymously at 01:15, Fri 9 August 2024

• Updated to add an example why deep gulleys could be problem on this road - today (Monday 12th August 2024) at lunchtime (12:50pm), there was a wide load farm vehicle driving along this road, with accompanying car with "wide load" sign. The wide farm vehicle was having to drive on grass verge as it was too wide to fit in one lane and there was traffic on the opposite side including fairly wide everyday traffic such as a car towing a caravan. I passed the wide load vehicle at top of the hill, but it would have probably been very difficult for it to maneuver past cars on opposite side of the road as it probably could not drive on the grass verge due to deep gulleys.

  Posted anonymously at 17:28, Mon 12 August 2024

• I can also confirm that the problems exist all along the road from the Chilton village boundary sign all the way to the bottom of Hagbourne Hill at the roundabout. It is getting worse on both sides of the road in multiple different places. This needs fixing urgently before there is a serious accident.

  Posted anonymously at 22:03, Fri 27 September 2024

• Thank you for your report. We have concluded our assessment and closed this report. The defects at this location have been identified as meeting our criteria for intervention, and repairs are scheduled to be carried out soon. We appreciate your vigilance and encourage you to report any future highway concerns.

  State changed to: Investigation complete

  Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:20, Wednesday 12 March 2025