{"id":10404,"date":"2013-12-24T00:40:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T23:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=10404"},"modified":"2013-12-24T00:40:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T23:40:23","slug":"major-road-repair-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=10404","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Route to Oxford Re-opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ozv4D8R49eU\/UrhjA7PCkgI\/AAAAAAAAQFk\/SYVcCBjeWrE\/s1600\/13122301.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ozv4D8R49eU\/UrhjA7PCkgI\/AAAAAAAAQFk\/SYVcCBjeWrE\/s1600\/13122301.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHeavy rain and a resulting landslip split the A4183, Abingdon to Oxford road, in two, over a 60m section, and forced its closure on 20th December 2012 &#8211; just beyond Bagley Wood Sawmill. It was re-opened exactly a year later on 20th December 2013.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-4AD4YoVQL-c\/Urhj6T8k-RI\/AAAAAAAAQFs\/QcarHHc8dVY\/s1600\/13122307.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-4AD4YoVQL-c\/Urhj6T8k-RI\/AAAAAAAAQFs\/QcarHHc8dVY\/s1600\/13122307.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe A4183 crosses the A34 at Lodge Hill and provides an alternative route (versus the A34) to Oxford &#8211; a route with access to villages and businesses on the way.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xalS0ngqhmk\/UrhkcEZKTjI\/AAAAAAAAQF0\/NZR7Rbth_fE\/s1600\/13122303.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xalS0ngqhmk\/UrhkcEZKTjI\/AAAAAAAAQF0\/NZR7Rbth_fE\/s1600\/13122303.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe remade section is raised above, and separated from, the surrounding woods, whereas before the woods came right up against the road.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DNwM4dsek0s\/Urhk5sDEydI\/AAAAAAAAQGE\/No2EMiHSRXU\/s1600\/13122305.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DNwM4dsek0s\/Urhk5sDEydI\/AAAAAAAAQGE\/No2EMiHSRXU\/s1600\/13122305.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe \u00a31m repair work involved rebuilding embankments, adding better drainage, and resurfacing the road. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rain and a resulting landslip split the A4183, Abingdon to Oxford road, in two, over a 60m section, and forced its closure on 20th December 2012 &#8211; just beyond Bagley Wood Sawmill. It was re-opened exactly a year later on 20th December 2013. &nbsp; The A4183 crosses the A34 at Lodge Hill and provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-road-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}