A COUNCIL is set to hand over almost £150,000 to another local authority after a cycle route scheme was found to be ‘undeliverable’.

In March 2020, Oxford City Council’s cabinet approved a funding agreement with Oxfordshire County Council to deliver cycling routes in Cuckoo Lane, Marsh Lane, Marston Road and Boundary Brook Road.

Through Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal funding, £1 million was transferred to the city council.

However, now that the proposed Marston Road crossing will be part of the county council’s quickways scheme, the city council will give back £140,000.

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A city council report states: “The original schemes were proposed by Oxfordshire County Council, but were to be delivered by the city council.

“However, when the schemes were looked at in further detail, they were found to be undeliverable, either due to local opposition or other approvals needed.

“As a result, negotiations have taken place with Oxfordshire County Council to identify revised schemes or other walking and cycling routes to replace those that were previously identified.

“Several schemes were researched to ensure that they met the Growth Deal funding requirements and could potentially link to future projects across the city when further funding was available.

“This has resulted in schemes at Donnington Recreation Ground, Boundary Brook, Marsh Park and Oatlands Park being identified to be improved with the funding available.”

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This story was written by Liam Rice, he joined the team in 2019 as a multimedia reporter.

Liam covers politics, travel and transport. He occasionally covers Oxford United.

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