For more information on each instance of roadworks, please click the link in the road name or contact the responsible organisation.

A3290 A3290 Alpha, Earley, Wokingham

16 January — 17 January

Delays likely – Lane closure

Works location: Just before the winnersh triangle junction

Works description: Bridge Bearing inspections – lane 1 

Responsibility for works: Wokingham Borough Council

B3270,A329 Loddon Bridge and The Bader Way Interchange, Winnersh, Wokingham

14 January — 14 January

Delays likely – Lane closure

Works location: Lane closure – Lane 1 close, Traffice can use other lane to turn off left. Bags will be on filter lights

Works description: Traffic light installation

Responsibility for works: Wokingham Borough Council

Butts Hill Road, Woodley, Wokingham

21 January — 23 January

Delays likely – Traffic control (two-way signals) 

Works location: Headley road to the bridge

Works description: coring samples works

Responsibility for works: Wokingham Borough Council

Headley Road, Woodley, Wokingham

20 January — 21 January 

Delays likely – Traffic control (multi-way signals)

Works location: roundabout by lidl

Works description: Coring works

Responsibility for works: Wokingham Borough Council

Loddon Bridge Road, Earley, Wokingham

20 January — 30 January 

Delays likely – Road closure

Works location: UNDERNEATH THE MOTORWAY BRIDGE

Works description: Bridge bearing inspections

Responsibility for works: Wokingham Borough Council

Miles Way, Woodley, Wokingham

20 January — 22 January 

Delays likely – Traffic control (multi-way signals)

Works location: by Spitfire roundabout

Works description: coring works

Responsibility for works: Wokingham Borough Council

A4 London Road, Earley, Wokingham

14 January — 15 January

Delays possible – Some carriageway incursion

Works location: 390

Works description: Reinstate footway in Footway. Our intention is to complete the PermanentReinstatement in the same phase

Responsibility for works: THAMES WATER

Oak Drive, Woodley, Wokingham

15 January — 17 January

Delays unlikely – Some carriageway incursion

Works location: 10 

Works description: CUSTOMER SIDE LEAKAGE SUPPLY PIPE REPLACEMENT–WORKS INTENDED TO INCLUDE FIRST TIME PERMANENT REINSTATEMENT WITHIN SAME PHASE 

Responsibility for works: THAMES WATER

Smart motorways update

Wokingham Borough Council has committed £19.8million to make Wokingham Borough, with the support of its partners, the very best place for people with a learning disability to live, learn, work and feel supported.  This week the council’s learning disability strategy was approved by its decision-making executive.

The council have been consulting with the Wokingham Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB), local charity CLASP and over 150 support groups across the borough, to ensure people with learning disabilities feel they are a valued part of their local community.

High demand

People with a learning disability experience a range of health and other challenges that can significantly impact their lives, choices and their independence. Wokingham Borough has one of the highest demand levels for learning disability support in England, providing care packages to more than 500 vulnerable adults with learning disabilities.

With a 10% increase in demand for learning disability support in Wokingham Borough over the last four years, compared to 6% in the south east, the council has been working closely with LDPB on its new strategy to ensure they are able to meet the future needs and expectation of people with learning disabilities.

“Wokingham Borough has the second highest learning disabled population needing support in the south east.  With this in mind it is not surprising that we spend a significant proportion of our funding on supporting and caring for people with a learning disability,” said Cllr Charles Margetts, exec member for health, wellbeing and adult services.

“Our strategy sets out what the council proposes to do to meet this need and its approach to addressing increased pressure on its finite resources. We thank all our local charities and volunteer groups for their support in shaping our strategy. We value all the feedback we have received and want to ensure that all our residents feel valued and supported.”

The LDPB, whose members include people with learning disabilities and their families, together with advocates, health care and social care professionals and representatives from local charities, are a vital support network for those people within the borough with learning disabilities. Supported by the council the LDPB offers vulnerable residents both emotional and practical support and has provided the council with crucial feedback to ensure its new strategy allows residents with learning disabilities to feel supported and part of the communities in which they live.

Cllr Margetts continued, “We are proud of our successful record of helping our adults with learning disabilities into paid employment, allowing them to feel more past of the community. We are currently second out of 150 local authorities in the country and we hope through the ambitious plans we have set out within our strategy, together with a new dedicated Learning Disabilities team within the Adult Social Care department, we will continue to support our residents to allow them to choose the way they wish to live their lives.”

More information

To find out more about the Wokingham Learning Disability Partnership Board visit www.wokinghamclasp.co.uk and for further information on learning disability support please visit the council website and search Learning Disabilities.

For more information on each instance of roadworks, please click the link in the road or contact the responsible organisation.

A404m From M4 J8/9 Roundabout To J9a N, Windsor And Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead

10 January – 11 January

Delays likely – Diversion route

Name: Diversion

Location: A404m From M4 J8/9 Roundabout To J9a N

Description: Streetworks / License – Streetworks

Responsibility for event: Windsor and Maidenhead

(Further information about the above roadworks at the bottom of this post)

Butts Hill Road, Woodley, Wokingham

07 January — 07 January

Delays likely – Traffic control (two-way signals)

Works location: Ravensbourne road to os 98

Works description: Coring works

Responsibility for works: Wokingham

Crockhamwell Road, Woodley, Wokingham

11 January — 15 January

Delays possible – Some carriageway incursion

Works location: 108 

Works description: B Box Repair <33mm Fway in Footway. 

Responsibility for works: THAMES WATER

Caldbeck Drive, Woodley, Wokingham

09 January — 15 January

Delays unlikely – Traffic control (give & take) 

Works location: NO 16

Works description: SGN TO LAY NEW SERVICE FROM NS CW TO CONTINUE FURTHER INTO THE PRIVATE 

Responsibility for works: SGN

Oak Drive, Woodley, Wokingham

15 January — 17 January 

Delays unlikely – Some carriageway incursion 

Works location: 10

Works description: CUSTOMER SIDE LEAKAGE SUPPLY PIPE REPLACEMENT–WORKS INTENDED TO INCLUDE FIRST TIME PERMANENT REINSTATEMENT WITHIN SAME PHASE 

Responsibility for works: THAMES WATER

Smart motorway update

As of 1^st February 2020, residents visiting re3 Recycling Centres will be required to present documentation that identifies them as residents of the re3 area: Bracknell Forest, Reading or Wokingham Boroughs. Residents are urged to note that the windscreen stickers will no longer be accepted as proof of residency.

 

The windscreen permits are already being used by fewer visitors and, to save the cost of reprinting and distributing new permits, the councils are asking residents to use commonly held documents to demonstrate they are from the re3 area.

 

The re3 windscreen stickers (re3 resident’s permits) were introduced in 2016 to enable Meet and Greet staff to positively identify resident of Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Boroughs. They were issued to over 180,000 households but any residents who moved to the area at a later stage or lost their permit have been asked to bring an alternative proof of residency instead.

 

Full list of acceptable forms of ID as of 1^st February 2020:

 

• Driving licence

• Current council tax bill

• Utility bill, bank or credit card statement (issued no more than four months prior to the date of visit)

• Bracknell Forest resident e+ card

• Photocard bus pass issued by a re3 council

• Valid blue badge or residents’ parking permit issued by a re3 council.

 

 

In a Joint Statement Cllr Mrs Dorothy Hayes MBE, Bracknell Forest Council’s Executive Member for Environment and Chairman of the Joint Waste Disposal Board, Cllr Sophia James, Reading Borough Council’s Lead Councillor for Neighbourhoods & Communities and Cllr Parry Batth, Wokingham Borough Council’s Executive Member for Environment and Leisure, commented:

“The residency checks are crucial to ensure that Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough residents are not paying for the disposal of waste from visitors outside the re3 area, via their council tax. We’re thankful to all residents who use our fantastic facilities regularly and we estimate that majority of them are already using commonly held documents to demonstrate their address, rather than windscreen stickers. This type of residency checks proved to be very efficient and is much more cost-effective as there is no need to re-issue stickers on a regular basis. Unfortunately, we’ve also noted cases of fake permits being presented by visitors, which made them less and less reliable.”

 

Recycling Centres at Longshot Lane, Bracknell and Smallmead, Island Road are being visited by almost 800,000 visitors each year. re3 residents are welcome to use both of the Recycling Centres to recycle and dispose of a wide range of items including garden waste, glass, wood or electricals items. More information what you can dispose of can be found on the site facilities page.