Roadworks and 20mph speed limit
Borough: Stricter rules in Bray
A 20mph speed limit is set to be imposed in a street in Bray and a number of roads are due for closure around Maidenhead, this week’s public notices have revealed.
Traffic and roads:
A new 20mph speed limit will be implemented along a section of Upper Bray Road, starting on Monday, March 22.
A 500 metre stretch of the road, starting at the junction with the A308 and ending at the junction with High Street, will be affected by the change.
Meanwhile, a number of roads are due to close around the area over the next few weeks.
In Woodlands Park, no vehicles will be able to travel along Breadcroft Lane between its junction with Cherry Garden Lane up to The Old Cottage while fibre optic ducting works take place.
The road will be shut between 8am and 6pm each day from Friday, March 26 and Thursday, April 1. There will be no diversion route.
More fibre optic works will also be taking place near Waltham St Lawrence, in Plough Lane.
The road will be closed from the junction with Baileys Lane to the junction with Mire Lane from 8am to 6pm on Monday, March 22 to Wednesday, March 24.
The diversion route will be via Baileys Lane, Brook Lane, Hungerford Lane and West End Lane.
Next month, in Shurlock Row, a section of Hungerford Lane will be closed to vehicles from its junction with Darvills Lane to the eastern boundary of Glebe Farm.
The closure will be in force from 9.30am to 3.30pm on Tuesday, April 6 to Friday, April 9 while the stopcock is removed from the carriageway.
In central Maidenhead, drivers will no longer be able to turn right from Bridge Road into Lassell Gardens, starting from Monday, March 22. Planning:
Plans are in place to build a new home in Rolls Lane in Bray.
An application has been submitted to change the use of a builders site into residential and to build a new dwelling on the land, to the south of Lenore Cottage.
The Royal Borough’s vaccine rollout ‘remains very strong’ as figures reveal the borough has one of the highest vaccine uptakes in Berkshire.
According to the latest Public Health England data – which was published last week – 85 per cent of people aged 60 and over have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
That’s one of the highest vaccine uptakes in Berkshire, with Wokingham just ahead.
The Royal Borough has also vaccinated 12 per cent of 16-64-year-olds – which is in line with the rest of the area.
Councillor Stuart Carroll, lead member for social care and health, as well as being on the UK’s vaccine task force, said the borough is in a ‘good position’ as the vaccine rollout locally ‘remains very strong’.
He said: “I’m very pleased to see it going smoothly, effectively, and efficiently, and a lot of direct resident feedback has been very, very positive – which is pleasing to hear. I’m working with our NHS colleagues daily
and on a weekly basis to ensure that everything across the programme is running as it needs to be and that we’re doing all we can as a local authority to support the programme.”
Cllr Carroll added getting vaccinated doesn’t mean getting a ‘free pass’ from the COVID restrictions and people should still comply with the guidance.
On vaccine safety, Cllr
Carroll assured the jabs are safe as reported by the World Health Organisation, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and others.
Out of the millions of doses administered, the independent MHRA reported ‘very, very few’ side-effects and tend to be ‘very, very mild’, Cllr Carroll explained.
A chef who lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic has teamed up with his wife to open up a new food shop in Maidenhead.
Wesley and Francesca Smalley are set to open Seasonality in Queen Street next month, selling restaurantquality ingredients to budding chefs who want to turn up the quality on their home cooking.
After Wesley lost his job as a restaurant chef due to the pandemic, he and Francesca came up with a new idea to provide something they thought was ‘missing’ from the town.
Francesca said: “Wesley has always been in the kitchen and he always worked really long hours so going from that to the pandemic and being made redundant was very challenging.
“He’s always wanted to have his own place, but it was never the right time. Now was the time to do it.
“We thought it would be really interesting to have a shop where you can get restaurant-quality produce. We thought this is what Maidenhead’s missing.”
When it opens in around three weeks time, the shop will be selling unique fruit and vegetables like winter tomatoes and green citrus fruits, as well as top-quality meat and fish that will already be marinaded and ready for cooking.
Wesley will also be crafting some fresh produce, like homemade pesto, salsa verde, oil and vinegar.
Seasonality will also put together dine-at-home weekend boxes, containing pre-prepared meals that can be finished off at home.
Francesca, who also has a background working in the food industry, added: “Wesley has worked at some really great restaurants in the past and has built up a really amazing black book of restaurant-quality producers and suppliers.
“Rather than open a fullyfledged restaurant, which we don’t think was the right thing to do, we thought this would be a great way to get involved.”
The pair have lived in Maidenhead with their children for nearly five years, and have been busy over the last few weeks getting the shop, at 26 Queen Street, ready for business.
In May, when lockdown restrictions are relaxed further, they also hope to open a few tables inside so Wesley can serve up some culinary delights.
To see more of what will be on offer, visit www.seasonality.co.uk