The West Berkshire Cycle Forum met on Wednesday 15 January. The next Forum will be on Wednesday 16 April. If there are any matters you would like raised at the Forum, contact wbc@readingcyclecampaign.org.uk Pangbourne-Purley Cycle Path: WBC is chasing contractors for a quote relating to vegetation cutting for a proposed topographic survey in the rural […]
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The West Berks Cycle Forum met on 18 January. Extension/s to the Eling Way The extensions are viewed as being part of the Newbury–Didcot link connecting large villages in West Berkshire. WBC sees a real opportunity to build on the momentum that the completion of the initial section of route has generated, coupled with the […]
Continue ReadingOpening of Newbury Station Cycle Hub The second Cycle Hub on the north/town side of Newbury Station, between the new car park and the western end of Platform 2, was opened on 7 October, providing 176 spaces. This complements the larger hub (with its total of 230 cycle spaces, comprising 180 spaces under cover and […]
Continue ReadingNewbury Station Train operator Great Western Railway has opened a new bicycle hub at Newbury station for 230 bikes, with capacity for another 100 by the end of the year. The £1.2m facilities, funded with the support of the Department for Transport and Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, will increase bicycle parking at the […]
Continue ReadingWest Berkshire Cycle Forum I attended my first West Berkshire Cycle Forum in October and I hope to raise the profile of the eastern part of WBC that makes up the western fringe of greater Reading. A large part of the meeting was taken up with discussion of the Emergency Active Travel Fund scheme that […]
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