Oxfordshire Roads Action Alliance (ORAA) is a community alliance and campaign group to prevent unsuitable road development in Oxfordshire.
The Alliance was established in August 2022 and grew out of local concerns about Oxfordshire County Council’s (OCC’s) plans to build the HIF1 relief road. This road will be the biggest road project ever undertaken by OCC.
ORAA is an alliance that also supports local residents and campaigners to get their voices heard for new developments such as HIF2 (A420) and near Chalgrove. See link below.
We are not ‘NIMBYS’. We are in favour of sustainable development with low-carbon infrastructure to support housing. However, in facing the climate crisis we cannot continue simply to rely on roads and cars as the primary mode of transport. We need alternatives.
South Oxfordshire in particular needs an integrated transport scheme with public transport (rail, buses, taxis, trams etc.) along with properly surfaced off-road cycle tracks (not adjacent to traffic).
Our vision is for climate-friendly developments with liveable urban spaces where noise and pollution and commercial traffic are minimised.
Membership
You can become a member by clicking “Join the Campaign” and you can make a donation to support our campaign.
Membership is open to any individual resident in the UK who supports our objectives including elected representatives. Councillors should consider any conflict of interest they might have but otherwise we are happy to welcome them.
Officers of ORAA are:
- Chris Church (Botley, Oxford) – Joint Chairperson
- Greg O’Broin (Appleford) – Joint Chairperson & Treasurer
- Chris Hancock (Appleford) – Technical Advisor (Appleford)
- Debbie Davies (Cuxham) – Media, ORAA website
Organisations can join by sending an email, or letter of support, or using the contact form on our website, so we can list them on our web site.
Supporters
- Neighbouring Parish Council Joint Committee (5 parish Councils)
- Appleford on Thames Parish Council
- Culham Parish Council
- Clifton Hampden and Burcot Parish Council
- Nuneham Courtenay Parish Council
- Sutton Courtenay Parish Council
- Other Parish Councils in the area
- Benson Parish Council
- Shirburn Parish Meeting
- Stadhampton Parish Council
- CPRE The Countryside Charity (Oxfordshire)
- Oxford Friends of the Earth
- Transport Action Network
- Watlington Area Preservation Group