COVID has impacted on the delivery of a shake-up of the borough’s parking arrangements.
The pandemic delayed a review caused by changes to residents’ habits with driving. However, a survey was run in Twyford in December as a pilot, and its responses are being analysed to help determine a way forward.
Cllr Paul Fishwick, the executive member for active travel, transport and highways, was responding to a question from resident Peter Must, who is chair of the Wokingham Society, asked at a meeting of Wokingham Borough Council on Thursday, January 19.
He said the report had not been brought to the executive, and he wanted to know what was happening.
Cllr Fishwick said: “Travel habits have changed in the past few years … we feel the best way is first understanding the parking needs of various parts of the borough before we move to a borough-wide approach. These will be developed over the course of the coming year.”
Mr Must said he was “somewhat baffled” by this, saying it could be done “quite quickly, area by area”.
“There’s nothing to apply to the whole of the borough, you’re just doing it piece by piece.”
Cllr Fishwick said: “We will complete the areas we’re currently doing at the moment and then do a borough guide plan.”
