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South Wokingham Distributor Road - Eastern Gateway

Meeting: 26/03/2015 - Executive (Item 134)

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Decision:

 

RESOLVED that:

1)        the preliminary design, site investigation works and all environmental and planning application provisions be progressed for the section of the South Wokingham Distributor Road – Eastern Gateway;

2)        Officers continue to negotiate terms with Network Rail for securing the Eastern Gateway as part of the overall South Wokingham Distributor Road.

 

Minutes:

The Executive considered a report relating to the advancement of the programme for the Eastern Gateway as part of the South Wokingham Distributor Road (SWDR).

 

The Deputy Executive Member for Planning and Highways advised the meeting that the proposals contained in the report would:

·         provide early delivery of a section of the SWDR, including the rail bridge south of Montague Park;

·         enable the closure of the Waterloo Road Level Crossing which would provide significant improvements to both road and rail safety for all users;

·         assist in unlocking some development areas; and

·         assist in alleviating some road traffic cutting through residential roads to the north.

 

Councillor Ross commented that in providing the road in different sections it was important to ensure that all the various requirements were fed into the process at an appropriate time to ensure they were delivered within the final project.  He referred to a pedestrian subway or bridge at the Waterloo Road crossing and the need to take account of the road conditions on Old Wokingham Road. 

 

The Leader of the Council stated that a bridge over the old Waterloo Road level crossing or alternative mechanism was still a matter of high importance.  The proposals in the report represented an opportunity which needed to be acted upon, although the points raised would be taken into consideration.

 

Councillor Haitham Taylor requested that whilst the work was going on in respect of the Eastern Gateway that other road works be taken into consideration and works phased if possible to minimise the impact on residents and local businesses.  The Leader commented that in developing major projects of this kind the general principle was that the impact of other works would be taken into consideration.

 

RESOLVED that:

1)     the preliminary design, site investigation works and all environmental and planning application provisions be progressed for the section of the South Wokingham Distributor Road – Eastern Gateway;

 

2)    Officers continue to negotiate terms with Network Rail for securing the Eastern Gateway as part of the overall South Wokingham Distributor Road.