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Reading Lays Out Its City Status Credentials
- The Council has outlined its credentials to be awarded City status next year
- Submission of Reading's bid set to be endorsed next week at a Full Council meeting
Council Successful in £2 Million Bid to Kickstart Exciting Minster Quarter Regeneration
- A successful £2 million funding bid will help lay the groundwork for the future regeneration for Reading's Minster Quarter
- Minster Quarter is an ambitious Council-led project for the long term transformation of a significant area of the town centre by building hundreds of new homes, bringing with it new jobs and growth to benefit local residents and the local economy
Living Bus Shelters Now Growing in Reading!
- Two new 'Living' bus shelters installed in Reading
- If successful, the Council hopes to extend them to other bus stops in the town
Council announces hundreds more roads to benefit from £9m resurfacing investment
- 42 sections of main road to be improved over the next six weeks
- 150 residential roads named as the next to be resurfaced across 2021/22 with a further 176 to be improved in 2022/23
- Council's £9m investment is improving the quality of roads across the borough for cyclists, drivers and publiuc transport users
Reading celebrates Black History Month 2021
- A welcome return to live events for Black History Month 2021
- October offers a diverse programme of talks, comedy, film and art exhibitions - live and online
Rediscover events and activities at Reading Libraries this October
- Rediscover free family events and activities at Reading Libraries this October.
- A lively calendar includes performance, arts & crafts, treasure hunts, author readings and workshops.
One third more children walk to school as a result of Reading’s first ever School Street
- Reading’s trial at Park Lane Primary School a success five months on
- Trial demonstrates how travel behaviours can be positively changed with 32% more children walking to and from school
- The initiative aims to create a safer and healthier environment for everyone
New Board To Be Formed as Reading Transport Looks to a Bright Future
- Adverts placed for Non Executive Directors and Chair of Reading Transport Ltd
- Reading Buses is already one of the UK's premier bus companies and is looking to build on that success
Council Set To Block ‘Undemocratic’ Permitted Development Rights From Next Year
- Council moves to block substandard homes being built using permitted development rights
- Use of the planning law means the views of residents and the local council are often ignored
- If agreed, new rule would become effective in parts of Reading from October next year
Football Themed ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Style Event at Reading Museum
- David Downs, the Royals’ official historian, will be on hand to discuss artefacts
- Reading Museum’s regular Thursday Surgery returns with a football-themed special
Rediscover Reading Libraries
- All seven library branches in Reading open
- Browsing and study within the library now available