THERE was great news for motorists tonight with the announcement that Loddon Bridge Park and Ride at Winnersh will re-open for business tomorrow morning.

The park and ride facility outside the Showcase Cinema is traditionally flooded when the nearby River Loddon overflows and it has been out of action virtually since Christmas.

The return of the service is expected to ease traffic flow into the centre of Reading particularly during the rush hour and that will bring some measure of relief for drivers who are still enduring lengthy jams caused since River Thames flooding closed the Sonning Bridge through route.

Sonning will remained closed to through traffic for the forseeable future pending assessment and repair of damaged road surfaces and an investigation into a longer term solution, involving raising the height of the carriageway on stretches prone to flooding.