Road sign blocking visibility to the right when exiting Orchard Coombe on to the B471

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• State changed to: Investigating

  Updated by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:02, Thursday 2 July 2026

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  The sign I reported is now lying on the floor, so I now see that the Hazel & Jefferies sign was obscuring an official information sign. I now find that there are two similar signs on the B471 south of the church, adjacent to the playing field. Are these signs authorised? Hazel & Jefferies did some surface dressing earlier this year, is this now deteriorating? The B471 in this area, and the junction with Orchard Coombe is in a deplorable state and needs proper repairs, not just patching.

  Posted anonymously at 16:46, Tuesday 7 July 2026

• 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

  Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 12:04, Tuesday 4 August 2026

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  The sign has fallen off and is now lying on the grass verge. 2 other signs to the south of this one, which also appear to be unauthorised signs installed by Hazel and Jefferies, are still in place! See photo

  Posted anonymously at 13:47, Tuesday 4 August 2026

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  Nothing has been done about these, what appear to be, unauthorised signs. They have been placed at regular intervals on the B471 from Whitchurch Hill to Crays Pond. In addition, a number of these signs are in direct conflict with the official 30 mph signs. If there is actually a skid risk this is due to the shoddy resurfacing completed by Hazel and Jefferies earlier this year!

  Posted anonymously at 13:47, Friday 14 August 2026