News

• Investment of £350,000 in new play area

• Oxford Road business fined by courts for failure to remove an unauthorised extension which required planning permission
• Business repeatedly ignored Council warnings and enforcement notices

• Series of overnight road closures required as phase five of the South Reading Bus Rapid Transit scheme nears completion
• Diversion and traffic management will be in place as closures take place between August and October
• The scheme will deliver improved bus services and a new cycle and pedestrian bridge

• Pupils from Alfred Sutton Primary School decorate tiles used in major roof replacement works
• Project forms part of the Council’s programme of upgrading old Victorian school buildings

• Reading Accessories ownerfined after failing a test purchase exercise by Trading Standards
• 14-year-old volunteer sold vape with maximum nicotine content

• New Public Space Protection Order being consulted on for Reading
• PSPO would give the Police and Council greater powers to tackle key issues concerning residents
• Have your say at www.reading.gov.uk/PSPOsurvey by 7 September

• Company ordered to pay court £2,875 after failing to respond to Council warnings to remove unauthorised signs in Caversham and Southcote.

• Work to refurbish Kenavon Drive Footbridge will begin on Monday 28 July for eight days
• Steel structure to be repaired and resurfaced to ensure safety for pedestrians and cyclists
• Council also currently refurbishing Orbit Footbridge as part of a programme of investment in bridges

• Firm ordered to pay court almost £2,500 after failing to act on Council warnings to remove roller shutter

• Contractors move into The Hexagon
• Backstage area to be demolished first
• New Studio Theatre built in its place
• Shows back in September

Reading is once again performing well above the national average for the amount of physical activity carried out every week, latest figures from Sport England reveal.

• New government figures show Reading has seen the 12^th biggest reduction in carbon emissions out of 384 local authorities in the country
• The Council is leading by example with major decarbonisation projects, including the Civic Centre and Hexagon