Botley Road, one of the main routes into Oxford, is closed for a £161m railway station upgrade.
By Charlotte AndrewsThe planned move to 24-hour building work to upgrade a railway station has sparked anger from city residents.Round-the-clock shifts will start on Saturday to make up for time lost when aNetwork Rail said it was being as efficient as possible, but some locals are unhappy about the disruption.Since 14 August, the project's working hours have been 07:00 to 19:00 BST, seven days a week, and from 2 September it will move to 24 hours a day.
The multimillion-pound project to upgrade the station, the railway and the surrounding local road network is not expected to be completed until October 2024.Woodlands Pharmacy manager Tawanda Moyo said it meant they were behind on prescriptions.
The day-and-night work is part of a solution to safely remove the brick arch, while managing groundwater and the stability of the bridge, Network Rail said.Ian Clarke lives close to the roadworks and said it is his journey to work which is most affected."But now it's all away around the ring road, encountering all the traffic along the way, it takes twice as long."
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