Wokingham Borough Connect
Children's anti-idling art is a breath of fresh air
Creative and colourful anti-idling banners designed by pupils have gone up outside six schools in Wokingham Borough to support our efforts to improve air quality.
The eye-catching artworks were the winners of an annual competition organised by our My Journey Wokingham sustainable and active travel team.
The banners remind drivers to switch off their car engines outside schools, particularly around drop-off and pick-up times, as this contributes to harmful air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
This year’s winners were:
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Felicity (St Teresa's Catholic Academy, Wokingham)
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Emily (Wheatfield Primary School, Winnersh)
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Lucas (Emmbrook Junior School, Wokingham)
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Sebastian (Nine Mile Ride Primary School, Finchampstead)
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Izzy (The Colleton Primary School, Twyford)
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Aeyva (Charvil Piggott Primary School)
Ten schools are now signed up to our Air Quality project, which is funded by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Pupils take part in a range of activities including monitoring air quality and encouraging their school community to travel more sustainably.
Travelling by bus this Easter
If you are travelling in and around the borough this Easter, why not go by bus?
Reading Buses have published their Easter timetable, with extra services tomorrow evening (Good Friday, 7 April).
Saturday (8 April) will be running to a normal Saturday timetable, while Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (9 and 10 April) will run a Sunday timetable.
You can save on your journeys too, with the £2 cap on bus fares recently extended until the end of June.
Engineering works on train lines
If you are planning on travelling by train this weekend, please check before you travel with train lines as planned engineering works are taking place may affect your route.
Click the pic to hear what the emergency alert will sound like
Emergency Alert test
On 23 April at 3pm there will be a national test of the Emergency Alerts service.
Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby, for example severe flooding, fires or extreme weather.
In an emergency, your mobile phone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe. Your mobile phone or tablet might make a loud siren-like sound (even if on silent) and vibrate, which will last around 10 seconds.
If you’re driving or riding when you get an alert
- It is illegal to use a hand-held device while driving or riding.
- You should not read or otherwise respond to an emergency alert whilst driving or riding a motorcycle.
- If you are driving, you should continue to drive and not respond to the noise or attempt to pick up the mobile phone and deal with the message.
- Find somewhere safe and legal to stop before reading the message. If there is nowhere safe or legal to stop close by, and nobody else is in the vehicle to read the alert, tune into live radio and wait for bulletins until you can find somewhere safe and legal to stop.
If you wish to turn the alert off, for example to stop you getting distracted while driving, visit the Government website for more information.
Upcoming roadworks
Charvil
2-way lights – Old Bath Road
These lights will be in place between Edward Road and Waterside Court on 11 April, 9.30am-4pm, to carry out swapping lantern. https://one.network/?GB133280465
Farley Hill
Road Closure – Castle Hill
This closure will be in place between Wokingham Lane and Bunces Shaw on 12 April, 9.30am-3.30pm, to allow BT to carry out telecom installation works. https://one.network/?GB132909603
Henley on Thames
Multi-way lights – Henley Road
These lights will be in place overnight between Wargrave Road and Remenham Lane on 17- 24 April, 7pm - 6am, to allow Gigaclear to carry out telecom installation works. https://one.network/?GB133261627
There will also be lights in place at the junction with Wargrave Road, on 13-14 April 10pm – 11pm. This is to allow Gigaclear to carry out investigative works. https://one.network/?GB133439071
Knowl Hill
2-way lights – Bath Road
These lights will be in place East of Canhurst Lane on 11 April 9.30am-4pm to carry out works to replacing signpost. https://one.network/?GB133281450
Spencer Wood
Multi-way lights – Basingstoke Road
These lights will be in place at the junction with The Square on 17–24 April to allow UK power distribution Ltd to carry out excavation works.
https://one.network/?GB133374530
Wokingham
2-way lights – Matthewsgreen Road
These lights will be between Clifton Road and Eamer Crescent on 11–13 April to allow Southeast Water to carry out maintenance works
https://one.network/?GB133580403
Multi-way lights – Woosehill Spine Road
These lights will be in place at the junction of Heron Road on 17 April, 9.30am-4pm to allow a faulty cable to be repaired.
https://one.network/?GB133281716
Road closure – Langborough Road
This closure will be in place between Fairview Road and Gipsy Lane on 11–14 April, 8am–6pm, to allow CityFibre to carry out installation works.
https://one.network/?GB132549866
Multi-way lights – Binfield Road
These lights will be in place at the junction with London Road on 11–14 April, 9.30am–4pm, to allow Vodaphone to carry out maintenance works. https://one.network/?GB133538477
Woodley
Road closure – Loddon Bridge Road
The closure will be in place between Crockhamwell Road and Colemansmoor Lane on 11–14 April to allow Thames Water to carry out installation works.
https://one.network/?GB133294724
Keeping up to date
- For planned and emergency roadworks, follow our Twitter and Facebook pages
- To find out about roadworks near you, visit One.network
- For active and sustainable travel, including events, training and resources, visit MyJourney Wokingham
- Visit our major new roads page for plans and updates
- For information on re-surfacing and reactive carriageway repairs visit our pothole and road repairs page
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You can report any issues with roads and streets online, including street lights, problems with traffic lights, potholes, damaged street furniture, problems with road markings and removal of dead animals.
- On our parking and permits page, you can find information including car parks and costs around the borough, resident parking permits, park and ride services and appealing a parking fine.
- Our transport and travel page includes information on applying for a senior citizen or disabled person's bus and train pass and local public transport information.
- The blue parking badges page has information on applying for, using, replacing and returning your blue badge.
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