Earlier this year Ms Hoey joined hundreds of campaigners to demonstrate against the planned 10mph limit.

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In 2003 Ms Hoey joined hundreds of campaigners to demonstrate against the planned 10mph limit.

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But the council told the BBC the new road would reduce traffic and it planned to limit the environmental impact of the new road by extending Witney Country Park east of the Windrush, compensating for the loss of open space to the south.

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