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Sinkhole under pavement just before Oxford Road becomes the bridge over A34 before Oxford Parkway station
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 1 minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6512551.
There is a sinkhole forming under the pavement on the left hand side of Oxford Road (shared use pedestrian/cyclist pavement), just before the bridge over the A34. The ground drops away sharply to the left beyond the fence and there is a hole in the pavement with a void of several inches underneath where the substructure has washed away. The hole is connected to a long crack (several metres) in the pavement.
I haven't walked this way for two weeks so I don't know when this appeared, but it wasn't there two weeks ago. I assume after the rain two days ago.
Council ref: ENQ241018156
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Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.
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Thank you for your report and apologies for the delay in a response. Could you please let us know if this is still an issue or if this has now been resolved? If this is still an issue, if possible and safe to do so, could you please provide any new images and detailed location information of the issue so we can get this raised for repair faster. Many thanks and kind regards
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Walked past it today and it is bigger than this photo.
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I passed this on a bike today; the sinkhole is clearly worse than in the pictures. This is the section of embankment between the A34 bridge and the railway bridge near lamp 56; the crack along the shared cycle/footpath suggests that the embankment on the north-east side of the bridge is falling away.
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The long deep cracks in the pavement on the west side of the A4165 on the northern approach to the bridge over the railway and A34 are still there and have got a bit deeper than in 2024 (see attached photos). They are already a hazard to cyclists, and like the people who've already reported, I suspect subsidence. If OCC expects hundreds of OUFC supporters to use this pavement regularly in the future, something had better be done to shore it up.
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