Council plans to relocate Phoenix College to Hamilton Centre #rdguk

The Reading Council consultation event on relocating Phoenix College to the Hamilton Centre - where the children's centre used to be until it was closed by the Labour council - is planned for Thursday 12th September between 3.30pm & 6.30pm and will take place in the Community room at Alfred Sutton Primary School.

Proposed works include:

Refurbishment of Existing Hamilton Road Centre
To provide general and specialist teaching accommodation,
ancillary and support spaces including recladding, re-roofing and
re-glazing of existing building.

New Build Hall Block
The construction of a single-storey block comprising main
entrance, dining room, kitchen and changing rooms and a double
height sports / assembly hall.
Associated hard and soft landscaping

Let us know what you think? rob@readinggreenparty.org.uk

We will share more on the planning application when it is submitted.

New Wokingham Road #rdg tiger crossing road safety audit...

The council has responded to our raising residents road safety concerns on the new Wokingham Road tiger crossing with details of the latest road safety audit. No major changes for now but keep letting the council know about any problems and copy us in (network.management@reading.gov.uk and rob@readinggreenparty.org.uk). We will keep working to improve road safety across Reading.

"We can confirm that a road safety audit was undertaken on changes to the crossing on the Wokingham Road in July, including two separate site visits at the end of the school day and a further visit at night. The audit was attended by a representative from Thames Valley Police and RBC officers, in addition to the independent assessor and another road safety professional. As part of the Stage 3 audit, the independent assessor considered concerns raised by members of the public, including those regarding the visibility of pedestrians on, or waiting to cross, the road.

Whilst the draft Road Safety Audit report does not recommend any fundamental changes to the design of the crossing at this time, it does set out the following three recommendations; the application of anti-skid or improved road surface on approach to the crossing, additional tactile paving outside the park to warn those with visual impairments that cyclists are joining the foot/cycle way and reducing the overhang of the tree on the northern footway outside the park to improve visibility of pedestrians/cyclists to eastbound traffic. These are currently being investigated and will be taken forward shortly.

The auditor has also suggested that both driver and pedestrian behaviour continues to be monitored over a short period of time and is reported back to him."