DOUBLE yellow lines could be introduced outside the new Starbucks drive-thru to help stop queues outside.

The newest Starbucks was opened at Reading Link Retail Park by franchisees 23.5 Degrees on Friday, May 19.

The drive-thru café has a new entrance-only route from Rose Kiln Lane, with customers having to drive through the retail park’s car park to exit.

Now, Reading Borough Council is hoping to paint double yellow lines at the new entrance to prevent queuing that could have an impact on Rose Kiln Lane.

Double yellow lines impose a ban on waiting at any time, with anyone caught being liable to pay a fine.

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Darren Cook, one of the council’s lead transport officers, has recommended Reading Borough Council invest funds for the double yellow lines to be introduced.

Prior to that, a consultation must take place ahead of any changes. If there are no objections, the council’s assistant director of legal services would be given the power to make the traffic regulation order (TRO) needed to establish the double yellow lines.

Reading Chronicle: The entrance to the new Starbucks at Reading Link Retail Park in Reading. Credit: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting ServiceThe entrance to the new Starbucks at Reading Link Retail Park in Reading. Credit: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting Service

Reading Borough Council is also considering reducing the speed limit in Rose Kiln Lane from 40mph to 30mph. The reduction would apply to road between its junction with Berkeley Avenue and 29 Rose Kiln Lane.

James Clements, the council’s transport programme manager, stated that the speed restriction is necessary to enable the introduction of inbound and

outbound bus stops.

Buses serving the inbound stop would have to stop in the road to allow passengers to leave and enter, which Mr Clements argued would require a 30mph speed limit for safety.

These bus stops would factor into the ‘Bus Rapid Transit’ network running along the A33.

This network, called the South Reading Mass Rapid Transit scheme, involves establishing bus lanes up and down the A33 between Mereoak Park and Ride and Reading town centre.

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In order for the speed limit to be imposed, the council would have to launch a consultation into the change.

This consultation works in the same way as the one for the proposed double yellow lines: if there are no objections, the council’s assistant director of legal services would be given the power to make the TRO needed to reduce the speed limit.

Both the double yellow lines and speed reduction are set to be discussed at a meeting of the council’s traffic management sub-committee on Wednesday, June 14.