Winter 2018 13
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MAJOR NEW HIGHWAYS UPDATE We are making strategic improvements to Wokingham Borough’s road network to serve our growing communities. North Wokingham Distributor Road (NWDR)
South Wokingham Distributor Road (SWDR)
• NWDR is being built in sections, with some completed by residential developers that will join up with the segments we are building. Once completed, it will connect the A329 London Road to the A329 Reading Road
• SWDR, like the NWDR, is also being built in sections. The Eastern Gateway part of it received planning permission last February and work is due to start next year.
• West of Old Forest Road would link the A329 Reading Road to Toutley Road. An exhibition last summer gave people the chance to ask questions and tell us what they thought about the project before the planning application was submitted. • There are a number of sections of the NWDR currently under construction which include Bell Foundry Lane, Keephatch Beech and Kentwood Farm West.
Winnersh Relief Road • Planning permission for Phase 2 (B3030 King Street Lane to A329 Reading Road) was granted in October. Work preparing the site for construction is due to start soon. • We will be widening Lower Earley Way to provide two lanes in each direction, between the Loddon Roundabout and the new junction with the Winnersh Relief Road.
• The Spine Road section is due to be submitted to planning in the New Year alongside new housing applications from the developers. • The Western Gateway section is at the preliminary design stage. • Once completed the SWDR will link the A329 London Road to the A321 Finchampstead Road.
Barkham Bridge • We have finished consultation with local residents and other key stakeholders including the Environment Agency. A detailed design of the scheme is now being finalised with construction due to start next year.
Arborfield Cross Relief Road Planning permission was granted last January and construction is due to start in the spring.
More information: www.wokingham.gov.uk (search ‘major new roads’) and/or (search ‘major developments newsletter’)
