{"id":35324,"date":"2026-04-18T22:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35324"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:19:03","slug":"a34-lodge-hill-junction-near-abingdon-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35324","title":{"rendered":"A34 Lodge Hill Junction Near Abingdon Taking Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026041801.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nWork continues on the major redesign of the A34 junction at Abingdon, a project aimed at adding new roundabouts to support new south facing slip roads. Up to now there have only been north facing slip roads.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary junction from Abingdon onto the A34 towards Oxford \u2014 which until recently gave priority to right-turning traffic over vehicles going straight ahead \u2014 is now starting to look more normal. With two thirds of one of the new roundabouts complete, traffic from Abingdon is now being guided around it before joining the A34 slip road.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026041802.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe second of the two new roundabouts is roughly halfway finished, although it is not yet in use.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026041804.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nLooking towards where the new slip road from the south will run, warning signs are in place advising against trespass. One sign identifies the area as the &#8216;Moortown Working Area.&#8217;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026041803.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAt the site of the future southbound on-slip, the churned-up eath is beginning to take shape, with the base layer of a new roadway now visible.<\/p>\n<p>Once complete, the scheme should improve traffic in Abingdon town centre and round the inner ring road by improving access onto the A34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work continues on the major redesign of the A34 junction at Abingdon, a project aimed at adding new roundabouts to support new south facing slip roads. Up to now there have only been north facing slip roads. The temporary junction from Abingdon onto the A34 towards Oxford \u2014 which until recently gave priority to right-turning [&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-35324","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\/35324","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=35324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}