Improved cycling facilities around Reading and Wokingham planned
Wokingham Borough Council is looking for feedback on three new routes for cyclists and walkers
Last updated 12th Mar 2021
Plans to improve cycling facilities outside Wokingham town centre and linking Woodley and Earley to Reading are being drawn up. It comes after Wokingham Borough Council was awarded more than half a million pounds towards improvements to cycling and walking facilities in these areas by the Department for Transport.
The potential projects the council wants residents’ views on are:
Earley/Reading active travel route (scheme one) – A4 London Road and potential link to Thames Valley Park/Reading Borough boundary
Woodley/Reading active travel route (scheme two) – Woodley town centre, Woodlands Avenue, Church Road, Culver Lane/Anderson Avenue to the Reading Borough boundary
Wokingham town centre/A329 London Road active travel route (scheme three) – A329 London Road, Seaford Road, Goodchild Road/Wescott Road, Easthampstead Road, Denton Road, Luckley Path
The council is aiming to start work on one of these projects as soon as it can. Consultation with residents on the principle of these facilities runs until 26 March.
Cllr Pauline Jorgensen, executive member for highways and transport:
“We want to make cycling easier in our borough without disrupting other road and footpath users,”
“Designs are being drawn up for potential infrastructure to do just that on routes into Wokingham town and linking Woodley and Earley to Reading. The locations where these schemes are proposed link up well with existing cycling infrastructure but we want to hear residents’ views on this. We believe improvements at any of these locations would allow us to provide high quality segregated routes, making it safer to cycle and encouraging even more residents to get on their bikes.”
Residents can respond to the consultation via https://wokinghamactivetravelschemes.commonplace.is/