Oakhanger Traffic Calming

To slow vehicles through the village and encourage walking and cycling.

Last update: June 2026

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Phase 2 - Update

Following the completion of the necessary legal documentation, the scheme has now progressed to the detailed design phase. A formal decision to approve the scheme is expected in Spring 2026.

Hampshire County Council appointed Rocon Contractors Ltd who undertook investigatory trial hole works on Oakhanger Road, Oakhanger. Works were undertaken just south of the village hall on 1 October 2025.

Trial hole works included;

  • excavation in the road to a depth of approximately 1.0m and to approximately 2/3 of the width of the road
  • reinstatement of the works

Phase 1-  Improvements Completed

Phase 1 improvements were completed by the appointed contractor Rocon Contractors Ltd in January 2024.

These traffic calming measures have been designed to slow vehicles through the village and encourage walking and cycling.  The works will consist of the following:

  • Improving the existing road narrowing at the northern and southern end of the village green.
  • Construction of four additional road narrowing points.

Hampshire County Council appointed Terra Firma who conducted ground investigations on Monday 9 September 2024 at Oakhanger Road to ensure the foundation is strong enough for wall construction. This involved window sampling technique boring through shallow soft soils, providing a profile of the ground conditions and facilitating soil sampling for analysis.

Scheme overview

Hampshire County Council has worked closely with the Oakhanger Residents Traffic Group to develop a scheme designed to reduce the speed of traffic travelling through the village.  Oakhanger is situated in East Hampshire, near Whitehill and Bordon.

The County Council wants to protect Oakhanger from additional traffic that may be tempted to travel through the village as a shorter route to the B3004. These traffic calming measures have been designed to slow vehicles through the village.

By working with the Oakhanger Residents Traffic Group the project scope has been widened to provide a section of missing footway alongside the road to connect the southern end of the village with the facilities located around the village green. Providing this footway is expected to increase the number of people walking within the village and improve safety perceptions. 

The scheme will be delivered in two phases. The first phase consisted of the following:

  • Improving the existing buildouts at the northern and southern end of the village green;
  • Construction of an additional four buildouts.

Please view the improvements and location plans for the first phase of works.

Public consultation closed

The public consultation was held on Wednesday 7 November and closed at midnight on Wednesday 19 December 2018.  Please view the findings in this feedback report.

The exhibition plans can still be viewed:

Funding Arrangements
Funding for the transport capital delivery schemes is separate from the County Council’s revenue budget and savings proposals. In the majority of cases funding comes from external grants and / or Section 106 contribution from developers. This funding usually has conditions that strictly control on how, where and when it can be spent.
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