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New bus shelters for Oxford
Released on 28 Jan 2008
More than 180 new bus shelters are going to be installed across the city after Oxford City Council and Clear Channel UK agreed to improve the quality of bus shelter provision.
Clear Channel UK has provided some shelters for some time but the number will be dramatically increased.
As part of clarifications to the existing agreement, residents and visitors will see new and replacement shelters across the city.
The bus shelters will be installed at a rate of:
All Clear Channel UK shelters will be regularly inspected, cleaned and maintained, and it will be possible to report any problems at each shelter as they occur. An emergency cleaning and repair service will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Councillor John Goddard, Leader of Oxford City Council, says: "I would like to thank everybody who has worked hard to put together a good deal for the city and I am delighted that Clear Channel UK have met our aspirations."
Councillor Jean Fooks, Executive Member for a Cleaner City, says: "The first shelter to be installed will be in Blackbird Leys and I'm looking forward to seeing new, smart shelters across the city."
There will be two designs of shelters - an 'insignia' shelter in the majority of the city and a 'landmark' shelter design in the city centre and in conservation areas.
Landmark shelters will be silver, with seats and mid-rail both in Oxford Blue, while Insignia shelters will be Oxford Blue with both seats and mid-rails in silver and will be funded by Clear Channel UK.
Some of the shelters will carry advertisements, for which advertising consent was obtained through the normal planning processes.
All new shelters will be capable of carrying the "real time information" cases, should Oxfordshire County Council wish to install the technology.
Some shelters will carry lighting which has been welcomed as it provides increased safety to users. These shelters will be lit by bulbs to a significantly lower register than the maximum level normally allowed within the city in order not to cause undue levels of light pollution and the lights are on sensors which will activate illumination from dusk until dawn.
The shelters being replaced are to be recycled.