WORK on the third section of the A329 cycleway in Wokingham is due to start next month.
The new cycleway, on the Reading Road, will be created along both sides of the road between Pheasant Close and Woodward Close, traffic islands will be removed, the double lane westbound approach to Winnersh Crossroads will be extended and the whole section will be resurfaced and the signage improved.
The work is expected to take 10 weeks and lane closures are expected while new kerbs are installed. Removal of the traffic islands may require temporary traffic lights and/or overnight work, with the resurfacing work also being carried out at night.
The work follows on from the £2million cycleway, financed by the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund and developers’ contributions, to run the length of the Wokingham Borough’s section of the A329, from the Three Tuns junction to Coppid Beech roundabout.
It will also be part of the Sustrans National Cycle Network, and has already been provisionally numbered NCN422.
Leaflets outlining the work in greater detail on this third section have been delivered to householders living next to it.
Cllr John Kaiser, Wokingham Borough Council’s executive member for planning and highways, said: “We’re deliberately covering a smaller section for this third phase than the first two, because of the large scale projects being designed or considered between Woodward Close and Simons Lane.”
The fourth phase of the cycleway will focus on Reading Road towards Emmbrook, through the Woosehill roundabout and towards Wokingham town centre. This phase is likely to happen in the next financial year.
For more details on the cycleway visit www.wokingham.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/roadworks-and-new-roads/a329-cycleway
