Wokingham Borough Connect
This is your last Traffic and Travel of the year and we'll be back with you on Thursday 9 January.
During the festive period, we'll continue to send updates to help you keep track of bin days and recycle as much as possible. If you haven't already, sign up for our Rubbish and Recycling newsletter to stay informed.
We wish you a joyful holiday season!
 Christmas bus travel
Buses will be running on a reduced timetable during the Christmas holidays.
Please check your route is running before you travel.
For Reading Buses Christmas service, please visit their website.
For Thames Valley Buses Christmas service, please visit their website.
For Carousel Buses Christmas service, please visit their website.
FREE Bus Travel on Saturday, 21 December
This is the last Saturday to hop on a bus for FREE when you board a bus in Wokingham borough. This will only apply on local buses, operated by Reading Buses, Thames Valley Buses and Carousel Buses and won’t be provided on services such as park and rides or football specials.
 Bike maintenance courses - save the date
In February and March, My Journey Wokingham will be running a number of basic bike maintenance courses on the following dates and venues:
- 8 February – Emmanuel Church Hall, Woodley
- 1 March – St Paul’s Parish Hall, Wokingham
- 8 March – Pinewood Scout Hut, Wokingham Without
- 22 March – Winnersh Community Centre, Winnersh
The course will cover the following topics:
- How to check your bike
- How to change an inner tube in the event of a puncture
- How to adjust your brakes
- How to clean and oil your bike
You will also have the chance to get ad hoc maintenance advice from our instructor.
Booking will open in the new year.
 Help us catch up with our Winter Wheelers winners!
If you aren't taking part in Love to Ride's Winter Wheelers cycling campaign, it's not too late to sign up - it runs until 31 January, with more prizes up for grabs!
We also really want to catch up with four lucky folks who've won £100 gift vouchers but haven't claimed them yet.
We've emailed the winners, but they haven't replied and we have no other contact details - so if you've been taking part, please make sure you sign in and check your account for notifications.
We support Love to Ride through our My Journey Wokingham active travel team, and it runs throughout the year so there are loads of chances to saddle up, hit the leaderboards and win goodies.
It's easy to register and log your rides, with even short distances counting towards your total. You can do it in lots of ways including the Love to Ride app and website or the Strava cycling app.
Barkham Solar Farm entrance works
Works to create a site entrance for our new solar farm off Barkham Ride are set to take place in January.
The new entrance will offer improved access to the site, allowing vehicles to access the site when preparatory works start later in 2025 and help minimise the traffic impact on surrounding roads.
Works are set to start on Monday 13 January with two-way traffic signals in place to allow the work to be carried out safely. The new entrance is expected to be complete by the beginning of February.
There are no planned streetworks or roadworks involving traffic lights or road closures between Christmas and New Year.
Keeping up to date
- For planned and emergency roadworks, follow our X (formerly 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 projects 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
- You can track the progress of any issue you have reported with your reference number
- 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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