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.
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The view from Katesgrove Hill
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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