Oxfordshire County Council is planning its £62m Access to Oxford project to reduce congestion on Oxford’s northern approaches.

Chiltern Railways’ planned Oxford-Marylebone rail service would include a new station at Water Eaton, and the county is planning how to allow for this in Access to Oxford by maximising the station’s bus, pedestrian and cycle access, and thus minimising extra road traffic.

The city council’s planned 60-acre business park at Wolvercote and Pear Tree would increase congestion exactly where Access to Oxford aims to reduce it.

Bladon’s A4095 Action Group warns that extra congestion would displace traffic to less suitable alternative roads.

This would harm not only the A4095 but also the minor road through Cassington and Yarnton.

Chiltern’s new trains will use the Bicester-Oxford railway, which runs under Wolvercote Roundabout in a tunnel.

One city councillor proposes an A40 road tunnel under the roundabout, but this is almost impossible with the rail tunnel in the way.

Moving police and fire services to the Northern Gateway would not release valuable sites in St Aldate’s and Rewley Road, as has been stated.

Oxford still needs central police and fire stations. Creating congestion and then siting emergency services in the middle of it would be irresponsible.

Oxford must create new jobs but they must be on suitable sites.

Three Oxford colleges own the land. Goodman International, the Australian-based owner of Oxford Business Park, holds an option to buy at least some of it.

Profit for them would be chaos for most of us.

HUGH JAEGER, Park Close, Oxford