Reading Borough Council announces first roads to be resurfaced

A further 439 roads are to resurfaced in years two and three.

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Reading Borough Council has agreed a new £9 million investment package on newly laid road surfaces, pavements and footpaths as part of its budget for the next three years.

The council's investment is separate to repairs which take place to main roads across Reading every summer.

A report presented to a meeting of the council's Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee (SEPT) on Monday, March 16 will outline how £3 million will be invested in the first year of its programme (20-21), made up of £2.5 million on residential roads and £500,000 on newly laid pavements and footpaths.

The first roads to be resurfaced include:

1. Newport Road, Abbey

2. Sackville Street, Abbey

3. 3 Princes Street

4. St Johns Road Abbey

5. Kings Meadow Road Abbey

6. Ross Road Abbey

7. Lynmouth Road Abbey

8. Sun Street Abbey/Park

9. Elm Lodge Avenue Battle

10. Sherwood Street Battle

11. Alma Street Battle

12. Dorset Street Battle

13. Belmont Road Battle

14. Cambridge Street Battle

15. Cannon Street Battle

16. Gloucester Road Battle

17. Gower Street Battle

18. Hart Street Battle

19. Lorne Street Battle

20. Paddock Road Caversham

21. Piggotts Road Caversham

22. Wolsey Road Caversham

23. Hemdean Rise Caversham

24. The Slopes Caversham

25. Falkland Road Caversham

26. South View Avenue Caversham

27. St Johns Road Caversham

28. Hemdean Hill Caversham

29. Cromwell Road Caversham

30. The Warren Caversham / Thames / Mapledurham

31. Barnsdale Road

32. Modbury Gardens Church

33. Hollydale Close Church

34. Poplar Gardens Church

35. Torrington Road Church

36. Wentworth Avenue Church

37. Arkwright Road Katesgrove

38. Boulton Road Katesgrove

39. Elgar Road South Katesgrove

40. Canterbury Road Katesgrove

41. Edgehill Street Katesgrove

42. Clent Road Katesgrove

43. East Street Katesgrove

44. Vicarage Road Katesgrove/Redlands

45. Cranbourne Gardens Kentwood

46. Hartslock Way Kentwood

47. Honiton Road Kentwood

48. Upper Warren Avenue Mapledurham

49. Woodcote Way Mapledurham

50. Glenbeigh Terrace Minster

51. West Fryerne (part) Minster

52. Castle Crescent Minster

53. Westcote Road Minster

54. Boston Avenue Minster

55. Wensley Road Minster

56. Brunswick Street Minster

57. Brownlow Road Minster

58. Taff Way Norcot

59. New Lane Hill Norcot / Southcote / Tilehurst

60. Waverley Road Norcot/Battle

61. Grange Avenue Park

62. Pitcroft Avenue Park

63. Tuns Hill Cottages Park

64. Manchester Road Park

65. Norris Road Park

66. St Edwards Road Park

67. Cumberland Road Park

68. Eric Avenue Peppard

69. Cavendish Road Peppard

70. Evesham Road Peppard

71. Crawshay Drive Peppard

72. Old Barn Close Peppard

73. Chiltern Road Peppard/Thames

74. Addington Road Redlands

75. Denmark Road Redlands

76. Southcote Lane Southcote

77. Haldane Road Thames

78. Newlands Avenue Thames

79. Peppard Road (Service Road in front of 13 to 45) Thames

80. Norman Road Thames

81. Scholars Close Thames

82. Moss Close Thames

83. Onslow Gardens Thames

84. Corwen Road Tilehurst

85. Crescent Road Tilehurst

86. Elmstone Drive Tilehurst

87. Whitley Wood Lane Whitley

88. Gillette Way Whitley

89. Vernon Crescent Whitley

90. Chagford Road Whitley

91. Sheldon Gardens Whitley

92. Swallowfield Drive Whitley

An audit of residential roads across Reading has determined those in the worst condition.

Estimated costs suggest 92 roads could be resurfaced in the first year of the programme, and possibly up to 99 roads if tender prices allow.

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In total, 539 roads are earmarked for resurfacing over the full length of the three-year programme, which runs until 2023.

For the full list, click here.

Flexibility will be built into the funding programme to ensure the council can respond quickly if and when other roads deteriorate over the course of programme.

The council also intends to contact utility companies in advance of the works to ensure works can be co-ordinated where possible.

Councillor Tony Page, Reading Borough Council's lead member for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport, said: "This is Reading's biggest ever investment in new road surfaces for residential streets.

"It comes in the aftermath of an exceptionally wet winter and a series of recent storms which have further impacted of the condition of road surfaces everywhere.

"The council has moved quickly since agreeing the £9 million budget to identify those roads in the worst condition and preparatory work is scheduled to begin in April and accelerate through May, June and into the summer, which is when local residents will begin to see the real benefit of the council's investment package."