The link below will take you to a letter I have received from the Minister of Transport about the potential siting of the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Expressway and its relationship to Otmoor. What he says is the following:
"I am aware of the attempts to misrepresent the Government's position on this subject and the comments I made in the House on 11 January, and I have expressed my disappointment about such scaremongering online. The situation is very straightforward and I am happy to set it out again.
The Government, recognising the public concern for the protection of Otmoor Nature Reseerve, took the opportunity when announcng the preferred corridor for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway to cease development of route options in this area. The Department deliberately narrowed the preferred corridor to exclude Otmoor from the study area."
He goes on:
"In short, Otmoor will not be considered further in the route design process and this position would only be revisited if local people demanded it, which seems unlikely."
