Active Travel Fund – Bath Road Next The Active Travel Fund (ATF) is the Department of Transport’s fund for local authorities to create Active Travel (walking & cycling) infra-structure. RBC has now backed away from its previous idea of raising transport funds by demand manage-ment (charging), so the ATF is pretty much the only show […]
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A Town of Three Boroughs You could be forgiven for thinking that the people who run Wokingham Borough Council may not think that the Reading Cycle Campaign has anything to do with them. But that would not be true. Thanks to the vagaries of local government reorganisation in the 1990s Berkshire was carved up into […]
Continue ReadingDetails of Proposed Shinfield Road Cycle Track In November Reading Borough Council ran a public consultation on the £1.2 million cycle facility along Shinfield Road. As a reminder this scheme is being funded by the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund set up to support Local Authorities to implement walking and cycling schemes. The proposed […]
Continue ReadingChristchurch Bridge – Berkeley Appeal Planning Rejection Berkeley Homes’ proposed redevelopment of the former SSE site off Vastern Road was seen as a ‘missed opportunity’ to provide a quality southern connection from Christchurch Bridge to Vastern Road. In March this year RBC refused the planning application as it did not meet the requirements set out […]
Continue ReadingCllr Paul Gittings recently took over from Cllr Adele Barnett-Ward as the Chair for the SEPT (Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport) Committee. Paul kindly provided answers to a few questions we put to him on transport matters: RCC: Doing things quickly is always a challenge for local government given procedures that need to be followed. […]
Continue ReadingWe are delighted to have the opportunity to interview Cllr Adele Barnett-Ward, Caversham Ward, Lead Member for Neighbourhoods and Communities. RCC: What are your dreams and visions for cycling in Reading? Adele: I want cycling to be normal. I’m a member of the Labour Cycles campaign group, and our strapline is ‘For the many, not […]
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