READ MORE: Parking spaces suspended for work on famous pubOxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran said she was pleased that Environment Agency staff last week tested the flood barriers in fields behind Chaunterell Way. Ms Moran said: "I welcome the positive steps that the Environment Agency have taken to develop and test a temporary flood defence barrier for South Abingdon. Environment Agency staff with flood barriers(Image: Andy Ffrench)Householders also welcomed the apparent U-turn from the Environment Agency. Anna Burns, the agency's area director for the Thames, visited the site last Wednesday with other agency staff to test the barriers. Flood barriers in Abingdon(Image: Andy Ffrench)Environment Agency staff said the barriers would be stored at a depot in Oxford when they were not being used.