News

PLANS to build a modern new respite care facility to support vulnerable residents with complex needs and to provide breaks for carers, were approved last week.

• First sections of the cycle lane from Chancellor’s Way junction to Pepper Lane nearing completion
• Scheme on track to be completed by the end of the summer

• The Great British Spring Clean runs from 17 March to 2 April
• People can sign up for free litter picking equipment by joining the Council's RAYS scheme

• New seven-station outdoor gym opens at Palmer Park following £75k investment
• Offers free fitness for all with a mix of robust equipment to suit people of varying ages and abilities

• Decision to be made next week on adopting new planning restrictions on the numbers of houses of multiple occupation in each neighbourhood
• Too many HMO’s can change the look, feel and character of local communities

• £530,000 investment to provide exciting new equipment
• New play area opening on Thursday 23 March ready for the Easter holidays

• Let's Sing final returns to the Hexagon for the first time since 2020
• Fifteen local choirs will compete for the trophy, and tickets sold will raise money for Mayoral charities

• Unleashed Performance Reading Half Marathon returns on Sunday 2 April
• Residents and visitors are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for any journeys

• Council in the middle of a programme to deliver 400 new affordable homes, an investment of over £110m
• Infill sites plan sees use of  small pockets of derelict land contributing to those new homes
• All homes built to passivhaus principles to be more environmentally friendly

• New discounted ‘Reading All-Bus’ day travel ticket will allow passengers to use several bus companies including Reading Buses, Thames Valley Buses, Arriva and Thames Travel with the same ticket.
• Infrastructure investment in two-year plan to provide faster services with fewer delays.
• Reading received the third highest funding award in the country (per head of population) out of the 31 local authorities across the country to successfully achieve funding.

• Driver found to be operating without a licence fined £982 following investigation by licensing officers
• Residents are reminded not to use unlicensed private hire vehicles where no safeguards will be in place

• Advice includes meal planning, food storage and how to find recipes for your leftovers
• Residents who stopped food recycling are encouraged to restart by ordering new caddies and food bins for free
• Reading's recycling rate has risen from 34% to 50% since food recycling was introduced