More than £17m has been pledged to improve traffic on a major A-road in Oxfordshire.

The A34 Lodge Hill Interchange scheme will improve the junction capacity at Lodge Hill, near Abingdon, in a bid to reduce congestion.

The junction will be widened, and new south-facing slip roads will be built. There will also be cycle and pedestrian safety improvements and layby upgrades on the A34.

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It comes after the project was granted £17.33m through the government's Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land (BIL) Fund.

Oxfordshire County Council had already secured funding for the scheme from several sources, but a funding gap was identified after the scheme was reviewed last year.

Work will begin in summer 2024 and is expected to last two years.