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OXFORD S controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are set to get foldable bollards to allow access to emergency services. It comes after an ambulance had problems getting to a patient because of the fixed barriers which were put in place at the beginning of March. South Central Ambulance Service said although the man died, the delay caused by the bollards played no part in the man s death. But now emergency services will be able to cross the barriers with a key as the fire service has asked Oxfordshire County Council to change all bollards to lockable ones. The council is trialling LTNs for six months across Church Cowley, Temple Cowley and Florence Park.
At the time of writing it has received 1,269 signatures. On the website it reads: Traffic barriers in Littlemore and Cowley for the so-called Low Traffic Areas are trapping local residents and worsening local traffic. They are unjust, and we call upon Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council to end the trial scheme immediately. The LTN was implemented by Oxfordshire County Council in the Cowley and Littlemore area at the beginning of the month as part of a six-month trial. The council s aims in introducing LTNs is to create quieter and safer streets for residents while encouraging them to become more active and environmentally-friendly.