The Flyover on 28 May 2019
Reading Borough Council will start repairs on the Inner Distribution Road (IDR) flyover crash barriers on Monday 8 July. A Parcelforce lorry broke through the barriers in May and landed on the Oracle roundabout at the bottom of Southampton Street.
Reading Borough Council (RBC) are participating in the National Highways and Transport public satisfaction survey. At least 3,300 randomly selected households in the borough will receive a questionnaire.
Long Barn Lane closed 25 March
Resurfacing work on Long Barn Lane started on Monday 25 March and is expected to take up to three weeks until 12 April to complete.
Gas main replacement on Basingstoke Road
A 20 metre stretch of Basingstoke Road southbound from the Whitley Street roundabout will be closed from 16 February for gas main replacement and reinforcement work.
Two lanes of Southampton Street near S Giles Church were closed this morning while Thames Water install a new water connection. The work is planned to finish on 21 January 2019.
Willow Street today
Stage 2 of Reading’s Inner Distribution Road (IDR) from Castle Hill to Southampton Street was under construction during 1969. After crossing Castle Hill, pedestrians can use a slipway down to Coley.
The IDR as it was intended to be built at the time that Stage I was under construction.
Construction of Reading’s Inner Distribution Road (IDR) started in 1969, but it had been included in development plans since 1957 and no doubt was a twinkle in someone’s eye some time before that. It still bothers Reading’s civic soul when proposals are brought forward to make it one-way or to cover over part of it or turn it into a park.
The IDR as it was intended to be built at the time that Stage I was under construction.
The Whitley Pump is leading a walk around Reading’s Inner Distribution Road (IDR) as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days in September. Reading’s post-war history, in which it transformed from a primarily industrial to a retail town, circle the IDR like the IDR circles the town centre.
London Street will be closed to all traffic from 7pm in the evening to 1am the next morning until 20 July. The roadworks taking place are part of Reading Borough Council’s summer resurfacing programme.
Reading Borough Council (RBC) will be resurfacing roads all over town from 16 July until 15 August. Some of the work will be done overnight, and most involve road closures.
Roadworks on Island Road, which leads from the A33 to the Smallmead waste recycling centre, will start on Monday 15 January and last for eight weeks.
A parking suspension will be in force outside 10-14 Milman Road for three days from Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 July.
Virgin Media are planning roadworks at the top of Southampton Street next to Jack Price Court on 9 June.
Thames Water are planning roadworks on London Road near the Sidmouth Street junction from 2 -5 June.
Southern Electric are planning two roadworks on Southampton Street between 1 June and 5 June. One will be near the Red Lion Pub and the other at the Alpine Street junction.
Work to create a bus lane on the A33 in south Reading will mean northbound lane closures during off-peak periods on weekdays, as well as some weekends, from Tuesday 30 May. The southbound carriageway may be affected from mid-June.
Thames Water are planning roadworks on Southampton Street at the junction of Crown and Pell Streets from 24 – 30 May.
Thames Water are planning roadworks on Basingstoke Road between the Bennet and Acre Road junctions from 23 – 25 May.
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