Didcot to Culham – HIF1 Scheme Confirmation for New Roads & Bridge

Department for Transport

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

(DIDCOT TO CULHAM THAMES BRIDGE) SCHEME 2022

THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

(DIDCOT GARDEN TOWN HIGHWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE – A4130 IMPROVEMENT

(MILTON GATE TO COLLETT ROUNDABOUT),

A4197 DIDCOT TO CULHAM LINK ROAD, AND A415 CLIFTON HAMPDEN BYPASS)

(SIDE ROADS) ORDER 2022

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that on 30 June 2025 she has confirmed the above-named Scheme and, as modified by her, the above-named Order which were made by Oxfordshire County Council.

(1) The Scheme is made under Section 106(3) of the Highways Act 1980 and as confirmed authorises the Council to construct over the navigable waters of the River Thames a bridge specified in the Schedule to the Scheme as part of the highway they are proposing to construct between the A4130 at Didcot in the south and the A415 at Culham in the north, in the Parishes of Sutton Courtenay and Culham, in the Districts of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse, in the County of Oxfordshire.

(2) The Order is made under Sections 14 and 125 of the Highways Act 1980 and, as confirmed will authorise the Council to –

(i) improve highways (including raising, lowering or otherwise altering);

(ii) stop up highways;

(iii) construct new highways;

(iv) stop up private means of access to premises; and

(v) provide new means of access to premises,

all on or in the vicinity of the routes of the classified roads which are: the A4130 Principal Road which the Council propose to improve; the highway which the Council propose to construct as the proposed A4130 Principal Road; the highway which the Council propose to construct as the A4197 Principal Road; the A415 Abingdon Road Principal Road which the Council propose to improve; and the highway which the Council propose to construct, as the A415 Clifton Hampden Bypass (known collectively as the HIF1).

A copy of the Bridge Scheme (as confirmed) and the Side Roads Order and of their relevant plans have been deposited, and may be inspected free of charge at

The offices of Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, Oxford OX1 1DJ

(Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; and Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Didcot Library, 197 Broadway, Didcot OX11 8RU

(Monday – 1:00 p.m – 7:00 p.m.; Tuesday – 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Thursday – 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Friday – 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; and Saturday – 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Sunday – Closed)

Abingdon Library, The Charter, Abingdon OX14 3LY

(Monday – 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Tuesday – 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Thursday – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Friday – 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; and Saturday – 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Sunday – Closed)

Benson Library, Green Furlong, Benson, Wallingford OX10 7NR

(Monday – Closed; Tuesday – 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Thursday – 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Friday – 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday – 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Sunday – Closed)

In addition, a copy of the Bridge Scheme and the Side Roads Order and their relevant plans have been made available online on the Council’s website at: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/roadworks/future-transport-projects/didcot-and-area-improvements

COPIES of the instrument of confirmation of the Scheme which is entitled “The Oxfordshire County Council (Didcot to Culham Thames Bridge) Scheme 2022 Confirmation Instrument 2025” and which contains a copy of the relevant Scheme as confirmed, can be obtained at www.legislation.gov.uk or purchased either through booksellers or direct from Government bookshops (The Stationery Office (https://tsoshop.co.uk)).

Any person aggrieved by or desiring to question the validity of the Scheme or Order, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the above Highways Act 1980 or that any requirement or regulation made has not been complied with, may, within 6 weeks of 31 July 2025, apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Scheme or Order or of any provision included.

N Crass, Department for Transport