Reading announces major roads to be resurfaced this month
The list includes sections of the Oxford Road, Hemdean Road in Caversham and Kentwood Hill in Tilehurst.
Last updated 1st Oct 2021
Forty-two sections of main roads in Reading are to be resurfaced over the next six weeks.
Reading borough council has published a list of roads due to be improved as part of a 2 million pound investment.
The work will see improvements to more than 120,000m2 of road surface across the Borough during the programme of work. The confirmed list of roads to benefit from the work, funded equally by the Council’s own investment and the Department for Transport, as part of the Local Transport Plan, is below.
Roads will need to be closed from 8am – 5pm while the work is carried out.
Councillor Tony Page, Lead Member for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport, said:
“This is a really positive step for Reading’s road users, be they cyclists, drivers or people taking public transport. We know the quality of roads is an important issue for residents from the feedback we’ve received, which is why we’re taking on such an ambitious project and investing £9m to make widespread improvements across the Borough. Alongside our pavement resurfacing project to benefit pedestrians, we’re doing everything we can to help ensure journeys around Reading are smoother than ever. We thank residents for their patience whilst works take place, which will inevitably result in some disruption, and look forward to them being able to enjoy improved road surfaces”.
Main roads to be resurfaced (dates to be confirmed):
North
Albert Road (full extent)
Hemdean Road (from Oakley Rd to Sheridan Avenue)
Peppard Road (from Kiln Road to Cavendish Road)
St Anne’s Road (full extent)
Woodcote Road (junction area with Highmoor Road)
East
Elm Road (from Shinfield Road to borough boundary)
Erleigh Road (Addington Road to Alexandra Road)
Palmer Park Avenue (Wokingham Rd to borough boundary)
Vicarage Road (full extent)
Whiteknights Road (Eastern Avn to borough boundary)
Wokingham Road (from Holmes Road to Melrose Avenue)
South
Basingstoke Road (from Christchurch Road to Elgar Road South)
Christchurch Gardens (full extent)
Christchurch Road (from Basingstoke Road to Sutherlands Avenue)
Pell Street (from Elgar Road to Sherman Road)
Shinfield Road (from Whitley Wood Road to Elm Road)
Whitley Street (from Southampton Street to Christchurch Rd Roundabout)
West
Bath Road (from Burghfield Road to Hogarth Avenue)
Bedford Road (from junction with Oxford Road to Chatham Street)
Beresford Road (full extent)
Berkeley Avenue (from Ashley Road to Esso Petrol Station)
Kentwood Hill (full extent)
Liebenrood Road (full extent)
Little John’s Lane (from Portman Road to Loverock Road)
Oxford Road (from Beresford Road to Russell Street)
Oxford Road (from Shaftesbury Road to Gordon Place)
Park Lane (from Chapel Hill to 50 metres west of Mayfair)
Portman Road (from Bridgewater Close for 500 metres eastbound)
Scours Lane (Oxford Road to Stadium Way)
Southcote Road (full extent)
Trafford Road (full extent)
Upton Road (full extent)
Water Road (from Tilehurst Road to Windrush Way)
Central
Coley Avenue (from Berkeley Avenue to Castle Hill)
Eaton Place (full extent)
Forbury Road (from King’s Road to Kenavon Drive – northbound only)
George Street (full extent)
IDR (from A329 southbound exit towards Castle Street)
IDR (from A329 eastbound exit towards Bridge Street)
Russell Street (from Castle Street to Tilehurst Road)
Tilehurst Road (from Russell Street to Western Elms Avenue)
Sidmouth Street (from London Road to Queen’s Road)