{"id":31285,"date":"2023-09-11T21:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=31285"},"modified":"2023-09-11T21:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:04:45","slug":"lodge-hill-full-diamond-interchange-approved-on-8th-september-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=31285","title":{"rendered":"Lodge Hill Full Diamond Interchange &#8211; Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022111604.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOxfordshire County Council has authorised the long-awaited improvements to the Lodge Hill Interchange on the A34. See their news item at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/works-to-improve-junction-capacity-at-lodge-hill-given-planning-permission\/\">https:\/\/news.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/works-to-improve-junction-capacity-at-lodge-hill-given-planning-permission\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The work will involve the addition of new south-facing slip roads to the A34.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023091106.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe junction currently only has north-facing slips.<\/p>\n<p>The improvements are partly funded by contributions from developers, the Growth Deal, and the Department of Levelling Up. However, a funding gap was discovered, and Oxfordshire County Council is in talks with Homes England to secure additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>The project was a condition for the new housing in North Abingdon and is expected to reduce traffic through Abingdon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxfordshire County Council has authorised the long-awaited improvements to the Lodge Hill Interchange on the A34. See their news item at https:\/\/news.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/works-to-improve-junction-capacity-at-lodge-hill-given-planning-permission\/. The work will involve the addition of new south-facing slip roads to the A34. The junction currently only has north-facing slips. The improvements are partly funded by contributions from developers, the Growth Deal, [&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-31285","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\/31285","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=31285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}