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Plants overhanging the road at face-level when cycling
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Heading towards Kidlington there is one location on this short stretch of road where there are plants/overgrowth overhanging the road. Not a huge issue when driving, but when cycling they are at my head/face height, so I either have to be hit by them, or swerve out and hope that any cars behind leave me room to do so.
Council ref: ENQ251049246
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Thank for you for your report, Oxfordshire County Council are receiving large volumes of enquiries at present. To assist us further with your enquiry, please could you provide an image of the issue including the surrounding area of its location as a benchmark. This information will support us in delivering a quicker and more effective service. PLEASE NOTE – Only take photographs where safe in doing so, please do not obstruct live traffic flows, step into a live carriageway, or put yourself at any risk in taking a photo. Thank you in advance for supporting the local community.
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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 resolved? 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
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Yes it's still an issue. I'm afraid I don't have any photos, and it's half way between home and work on my cycle commute, so I can't easily get photos now. If you travel from the Hampton Poyle turning to towards Kidlington on the A34 entrance slip, where I've marked the pin, you will see that there are various points where shrubbery has filled the verge and extended beyond to overlap the kerb and grow over the road. For cars/trucks they can just drive further out from the kerb and it's not too bad, but when cycling and trying to keep left, the overhanging branches are face-level in places and can catch you out if there's a car or lorry overtaking so you can't just move right to avoid them.
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