Residents have won an extra £10,000 to help stop large lorries using their village as a short cut.

People living in Weston-on-the-Green and Middleton Stoney are fed up with HGVs using the B430 to avoid the busy M40 junctions at Wendlebury and Ardley.

They launched a campaign to get a weight restriction imposed on the road. But the police and county council rejected the idea because the B430 is an official diversionary road when the M40 is closed because of an accident.

The county council had originally offered £5,000 for extra traffic calming, but after villagers campaigned the offer has been increased to about £15,000. A further £5,000 has been pledged by Cherwell District Council.

At a public meeting in Weston-on-the-Green village hall, county highways officers pledged the extra funding. A number of measures are being considered, including an electronic speed indicator, more white lines on the road and expanding a mini-roundabout to encourage drivers to slow down.

The council has already agreed to put a weight restriction on the southbound flyover leading to the A34, but villagers say it will not be enough to deter lorries.

Area engineer Colin Carritt said: "We are confident that it is a worthwhile scheme and will get a positive reaction from drivers."

He expected the measures to cost between £27,000 and £32,000, but said the village would have to fund the balance.

Work is expected to start within the next few months and enforcement of the flyover weight restriction is hoped to be in place by Easter.

B430 Action Group chairman John Mair said he felt the outcome was bittersweet.

He said: "Mr Carritt essentially said he wasn't going to budge over the partial ban, but he could get £20,000 for traffic calming measures for the village.

"He said a real ban would be considered longer term."

A special parish meeting is due to be held on January 19 to decide whether a contribution towards the cost of traffic calming should be added to its council tax demand.

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