Petition to address the northern side of Banbury’s grid-locked traffic
12/01/2026
The delays don’t only affect people shopping at Tesco and Banbury Cross Retail Park
A petition has been launched urging Oxfordshire County Council to take action to address traffic congestion and the daily delays experienced by drivers on the northern side of Banbury.
At busy times queues quickly build on Ruscote Avenue, which has a knock on effect for those on the Southam Road, Hennef Way and shoppers leaving Tesco and the Banbury Cross Retail Park.
The issue was particularly bad in the run-up to Christmas which resulted in a conversation between Jade Moorman and her work colleagues as to why nothing was being done to address the problem, leading to the creation of the petition.
Jade feels the council should be tasking traffic planners with proposing solutions to the problem, particularly in the face of an increasing number of houses to the north of Banbury, which is only making the problem worse.
She said the problem is affecting many people’s daily lives, not just those going shopping: “This is a traffic problem that’s known locally and is reported all the time by residents. This is part of a bigger community issue and is not just to do with Tesco’s, but a lot of people associate it with Tesco because they have experienced being stuck in the car park and being unable to get out.
“It affects parents who have been unable to collect children from school and people who’ve been unable to get home or to appointments because of being stuck about traffic in the area.
“It’s clear that the infrastructure needs reviewing.”
A spokesperson for Oxfordshire County Council told Banbury FM they look forward to receiving the petition in due course so their officers can investigate the issues and respond.
The petition can be found here.
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
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