A40 improvements
Funding has been confirmed by the county council for the next phase of the A40 improvements. Further information is available on our Funding agreed for major A40 improvements between Eynsham and Oxford page.
We are improving the A40 between Witney and Oxford to deliver safe and reliable travel options for people who rely on it for work, leisure and economic success.
About the A40 improvements
We are investing in major projects to deliver a new park and ride, new bus lanes, junction improvements, and better walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure.
Our plans to address traffic and transport issues will result in better transport links, support the creation of new jobs and housing, reduce emissions, and offer more sustainable travel options.
The journey so far
Two of the projects within the A40 improvements work (A40 Oxford North and Eynsham Park and Ride) have already been completed. A third project, the Access to Witney slip roads, is now under construction
On 21 July 2022, the council’s cabinet approved the preferred option proposals for the A40 HIF2 Smart Corridor (comprising Duke’s Cut improvements, integrated bus lanes and extension of dual carriageway east of Witney). These options were developed considering output from the online public engagement events and liaison with key stakeholders.
However, due to global inflationary pressures impacting since 2020, the A40 improvements programme was extensively reviewed between November 2022 and June 2023. On 17 July 2023, the county cabinet approved a new plan to deliver a revised scheme to provide bus lanes and improvements to active travel infrastructure along the A40. The revised scheme, the A40 Eynsham Park and Ride to Wolvercote scheme, has now been approved for funding by Homes England.
The new scheme connects the park-and-ride to the A40 and provides new dedicated bus lanes between Eynsham Park-and-Ride and Wolvercote. It also includes controlled crossings and upgraded shared-use paths to make walking and cycling safer along the historically congested A40 between Witney and Oxford.
How it is being funded
Funding for the various parts of the A40 improvement programme has been secured from several sources:
- Department for Transport retained Local Growth Fund (LGF)
- Homes England Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF)
- Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
- The Housing Growth Deal (HGD)
- various S106 developer contributions.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the overall scheme or its individual projects, please contact the delivery team at A40corridor@oxfordshire.gov.uk.