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Time to plan your summer street parties
- Residents are being offered four weekends to hold community summer street parties with no road closure fees
- Opportunity to come together to mark 80th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day
On your marks, get ready for the Reading Half Marathon
- Reading’s renowned half marathon returns on Sunday 23 March
- Residents encouraged to check for road closures and to plan ahead if travelling on race day
Proposal to scrutinise Council’s active travel schemes and initiatives
- A task and finish group could be created to examine the Council’s cycling and walking plans.
- External stakeholders will be invited to give their opinions on the Council’s active travel strategy.
Cyclists offered free bike repairs and new secure parking
- Dr Bike returns for 2025, offering free bike maintenance and basic repairs in Broad Street on the first Thursday of the month
- New secure Streetpod cycle parking installed around the town centre as part of a pilot scheme
Significant traffic delays into Reading expected due to six-week SGN road closure
- SGN gas pipe replacement works will require closure of Church Road, Earley, in neighbouring Wokingham borough for six weeks
- Road users are being warned of longer delays coming into east Reading and advised to use alternative routes, avoiding peak times if possible
Progress continues on correcting Traffic Regulation Order errors
- Process to rectify errors in nine Traffic Regulation Orders due to proceed in coming weeks
- Efforts continue to contact motorists who may be due reimbursement for incorrectly issued penalty charge notices
Bus passenger journeys up 11% in Reading
- 19.5 million bus journeys taken in Reading in 2023/24 – 2m more than 22/23
- Increase in passenger journeys in Reading 54% above England average
- Reading has third highest number of bus passenger journeys per head in England outside London
Nature above the bus shelters
- Green living roofs now installed on 15 bus shelters around Reading
- The little green oases help increase biodiversity, absorb pollution and improve air quality, contributing to the Council’s climate aims
Passenger numbers up at Reading’s railway stations
- Official figures show substantial increase in use of Reading's central and community train stations
- The Council has been working with rail partners to improve facilities at Reading stations to encourage greater use of public transport
Process to rectify errors in Traffic Regulation Orders due to start
- Statutory consultations will take place over the coming weeks to correct nine erroneous Traffic Regulation Orders
- Reimbursement process still in place for motorists who believe they paid incorrectly issued Penalty Charge Notices
New pedestrian and cycle bridge to be installed on A33 Relief Road
- Reading’s new pedestrian and cycle bridge will be lifted into place this weekend as part of the South Reading Bus Rapid Transit scheme
- Overnight closures of A33 Relief Road on Saturday 23 & 30 November
- New bridge will allow extension to bus lane without taking space away from general traffic
Second new Oxford Road bus lane due to open
- A second new stretch of bus lane is due to open on Oxford Road following resurfacing work this week
- Bus priority schemes are part of the Council’s drive to tackle congestion and poor air quality by making public transport even more attractive