The council has revealed when road resurfacing work will take place on main roads this autumn, with some repair works already complete.

The summer main roads resurfacing scheme, delayed due to Covid-19, started on September 29 and works are now complete on two roads.

The first phase of the road improvement scheme will be undertaken by Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) contractor Eurovia Infrastructure Ltd.

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The main road improvements will take place from September to early November, in the Council’s annual summer programme of resurfacing major roads. 

Cllr Tony Page, Reading Borough Council’s Lead Member for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport said:

"These works on both main and residential roads are the beginning of a large commitment from RBC to enhancing the quality of our local streets.

"The council has responded to understandable concerns about the condition of our streets and the £9m council investment in residential road improvements to follow will benefit all of Reading’s road users”.

The works on 14 main roads will be funded by the Department of Transport.

As well as these delayed works, an additional 63 residential roads being improved by the end of March 2021 as part of a £9m council investment over the next three years.

 

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Here is the full list of works scheduled:

Completed

September 29: Caversham Park Road (from Lowfield Road to Bramber Mews + from 100 metres north of Kingsway, northern entrance, to Littlestead Close), 8am – 8pm

September 30 – October 1: Shinfield Road (from Pepper Lane for 300 metres south – loop cutting* took place on October 2), 8am – 8pm

October 1-5 (road markings on Oct 3 + loop cutting* on Oct 7): Basingstoke Road (sections from Buckland Road to 50 metres south of Callington Road – road markings to take place on Saturday Oct 3 & loop cutting* on Oct 7), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure

October 6: Overdown Road (from Carlisle Road to Oxford Road), 8am – 8pm

Started (as of October 13)

October 7-10: Basingstoke Road (sections from Rose Kiln Lane to Elgar Road South), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure - this work has been delayed due to wet weather

October 12-14: Bath Road (from east of Liebenrood Road to beyond Parkside Road), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure  - works now starting on October 13

Not started yet (as of October 13)

October 14-16: London Rd (from Eldon Road to Redlands Road), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure - to be rescheduled later in programme

October 15-17 (+ traffic loop cutting on Oct 17 and 19): London Road (from Cholmeley Road to A3290 – loop cutting* on Saturday 17 & Monday 19), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure

October 19: Upper Woodcote Road (from Crispin Close to borough boundary), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure

October 20-24: Bath Road (from Berkeley Avenue to Downshire Square West), 9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure

October 22, 23 and 26: Erleigh Road (from Alexandra Road to Addington Road, 8am – 8pm, full closure

October 27 – 28: Lower Elmstone Drive (from Pierces Hill to Chapel Hill), 8am – 8pm, full closure

October 29-30 and November 2: Whitley Wood Lane (from Basingstoke Road to Whitley Wood Road), 8am – 8pm, full closure

November 3-6 and 9: Gosbrook Road (sections from George Street to Star Road),9.30am – 3.30pm, full closure

November 9-10: Portman Road (sections from Ashmere Terrace 400 m west), 7pm – 1am, full closure

November 11-12: Deacon Way (full length), 7pm – 1am, full closure

TBC: Grovelands Road (resurfacing of double mini roundabout joining with Waverley Road). This scheme has been added to the programme and will be funded by CIL contributions in advance of road marking changes associated with road safety scheme. Date to be confirmed.

*Traffic signal loop cutting involves cutting into the road surface to install sensors and circuitry which is used to monitor traffic presence and flow, and then resealing the surface.