THOUSANDS of Woodley residents have managed to get plans for a one-way cycle route to Reading scrapped following a public consultation.

The proposal was to turn a stretch of a Woodlands Avenue into a one-way system and cycle path.

If approved, it would have seen the closure of Woodlands Avenue to eastbound traffic, between Howth Drive and Lytham Road.

Revealing to residents on a Woodley residents Facebook page, Cllr Baker revealed that more than 1,000 Woodley residents came out for the consultation, with 74 per cent against the proposals.

He went on to comment that the assistant director has confirmed that the proposal is not going ahead.

Speaking exclusively to the Reading Chronicle, Cllr Baker said: “I am very pleased that the people of Woodley were listened to by Wokingham Borough Council. There was a massive campaign to ensure that those views would be heard by the Borough Council, that included my team knocking on almost 300 doors, getting a petition with 1600 signatures, and encouraging people to fill in the formal consultation which had over 1300 responses, one of the best responses of any WBC consultations in history.”