Oxford’s North Hinksey Lane has Thames Water works

The roadway, which links Botley Road to the A34 southbound, was totally closed after the school heavy traffic on Thursday early morning.

Roadway closure indications stay in location regardless of traffic having the ability to travel through.

It was closed after Thames Water groups reacted to reports of a “big leakage” with a little area of the roadway being barriered off after the surface area was collected.

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A Thames Water spokesperson stated: “We reacted to reports of a big leakage on North Hinksey Lane in Oxford on Wednesday.

“Engineers are presently on website making the repair work which is anticipated to be finished within the next 24 hours. Throughout this time the roadway will be closed and we are sorry to drivers for any interruption.

North Hinksey Lane was closed at around 9am on Thursday (Image: Newsquest)“We have 200 repair work groups working relentlessly to repair leakages with activity occurring 7 days a week and over 280 individuals working round the clock and primarily over night to identify leakages not yet appearing at ground level.”

Thames Water indications specify the roadway is anticipated to end up on Monday, January 15.

Employees left the scene early afternoon today.

After the employees had actually left, drivers started driving past the roadway closure indications to access the A34 from the Botley Road instructions.

North Hinksey Church of England Primary School is on North Hinksey Lane where the works are happening.