Oxfordshire County Council has granted planning permission for the planned replacement of the Kennington road bridge on Oxford’s southern bypass (A423). The bridge lies on the route of the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme and work needs to commence on replacing the bridge before construction of the flood scheme can begin. The granting of planning approval for the bridge is another step forward towards the realising of the flood relief project which itself secured planning consent in July this year.

Structural problems with the A423 bridge were first identified in 2019. Details of the planned replacement can be found here.