Achievements

June 2008 - Cow Lane Saved for cyclists

Strong lobbying of local councillors and MPs by Reading Cycle Campaign pays off. Network Rail announce their preferred option for track realignment will be a rail flyover, thus saving Cow Lane from being closed and denying residents of West Reading easy cycle and pedestrian access to the Rivermead, the Thames and Caversham. Plans now include the widening of Cow Lane bridges.

March 2008 - Green Park Village

We commented on the Planning Application for Green Park Village and suggested that a cycle route be created alongside the Basingstoke railway line to connect the new village (and Green Park) to National Cycle Rout 4 alongside the Kennet & Avon. This suggestion has been incorporated into the plans and will create a valuable cycle route between West and South Reading.

March 2008 - Reading Central Area Action Plan (RCAAP)

The RCAAP is a key Council planning document that will steer development of the town centre over the coming years. At consultation stage we argued that the Plan should include a new pedestrian and cycle crossing of the River Thames, particularly as this had been mentioned as a possibility in the Council's Local Transport Plan. A new cycle crossing of the Thames, between Fry's Island and Reading Bridge, has now been included in the RCAAP.

January 2008 - Cow Lane Bridges

Network Rail's plans to reconfigure the railway tracks at Cow Lane mean that this road will be permanently closed as a through route, removing an important pedestrian and cycle route for West Reading residents. We have campaigned for a pedestrian / cycle crossing of the realigned track at Cow Lane and have persuaded leading Councillors and Reading West MP Martin Salter to publicly back our campaign.

December 2007 - Mayor's Reception

To mark 25 years of campaigning since our founding in 1983 the Mayor of Reading, Chris Maskell, hosted a reception for past and present cycle campaigners.

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