Reading to Invest £1.6 Million in Better Road Surfaces

Reading Council are to make a £1.6 Million Investment in road surfaces after exceptional levels of rain followed by snow and ice caused significant damage to the borough’s roads.

A report detailing the Council’s annual Highways Maintenance Programme for 2013/14 goes before a meeting of the Traffic Management Advisory Panel (TMAP) next week. In it are proposals for a £1.63 million investment in road resurfacing projects across Reading. This is made up of a £1.16million investment in major roads and £466,000 going towards resurfacing smaller residential streets.

In all at least 18 major roads across Reading are set to be resurfaced as part of the improvement programme. A full list can be found at http://www.reading.gov.uk/meetings/details/3516/ (Item 13) but they include sections of Wokingham Road, Oxford Road, Shinfield Road and Caversham Road, and Church Street and Church Road in Caversham.