{"id":34107,"date":"2025-08-13T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34107"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:42:58","slug":"abingdon-weir-footpath-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34107","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Weir Footpath Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025081304.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe footpath across Abingdon Weir has reopened, with large green \u201cFootpath Open\u201d signs now in place and the fencing that blocked access removed.<\/p>\n<p>The walkway was closed in April 2025 due to safety concerns over corrosion in the steel support structure. At the time, the closure was expected to last about three weeks \u2014 from 22 April to 12 May \u2014 but it was understood this could be extended depending on inspection results.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025081302.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nDuring the closure, there were occasional acts of \u201cguerrilla reopening,\u201d with padlocks removed to let people across, only for the Environment Agency to replace them.<\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency has given no public updates about repairs or an official reopening date, but the path is open for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The footpath across Abingdon Weir has reopened, with large green \u201cFootpath Open\u201d signs now in place and the fencing that blocked access removed. The walkway was closed in April 2025 due to safety concerns over corrosion in the steel support structure. At the time, the closure was expected to last about three weeks \u2014 from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-river-thames"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34107","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=34107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}