Premier Cycle Route Takes Shape
Reading Borough Council's Cycling Strategy was adopted by the Council in October 2008 after years of hard lobbying by Reading Cycle Campaign. Sixteen months on what has been achieved?
Well, the designated 'premier cycle route' is taking shape and branded signposts have been erected over West and South Reading. Progress to actually improve these routes for cyclists has been slow, but progress has been made, and this is a welcome change from the early part of the century when the Council had no direction or plan.
Some of the Council's proposed improvements have not had our backing; for instance putting shared use footpaths on Bath Road rather than dedicated on-road cycle lanes. However, where we have not agreed, the Council has taken on board our comments and the options for Bath Road are now being re-appraised.
In other places tangible advancement is being made - the improvements to the cycle lane on Oxford Road at Kentwood Hill roundabout being an example.
RBC has now set out its intial Cycling Strategy 2009-10 Action Plan which gives details of planned improvements to the fledgling cycle network in East and Southeast Reading. This document has been posted on our website. As always, if you want to have your say on these proposals, then email the Reading Campaign offer through the contact us page.