The View from Shute End...

Wokingham Unitary Councillor Annette Drake reports

Safety on The Street

Cast iron bollards are to be installed on the footway in The Street (also known as Wards Cross and Wokingham Road) to prevent cars mounting the kerb and crashing into the new houses. Although the highways officers had recommended no action to be taken after the accident last year, commonsense prevailed and councillors on the Highways Board agreed that the bollards should be put in place. The nearby grass verge into Tape Lane will also be protected by bollards.

Tape Lane

The Access Only signs at each end of Tape Lane are to be relocated so that they are more prominent, and visible to drivers who persist in using this quiet lane as a rat-run. Tape Lane is used frequently by horse riders, dog-walkers and parents with children, and should not be used by motorists as a short-cut.

SID is on the move

Speeding motorists may be caught by SID, the speed indicator device, which will be on Davis Street, School Road and Hinton Road during the coming weeks — so watch out!

Sandford Farm

Thank you for the many letters of objection to the proposals by Hicks-Persimmon for Sandford Farm, and your support for the HVS campaign to get these applications refused. If you haven’t written yet, then please do so — it’s not too late to send in your letter to Wokingham’s planners.