Funding secured for major road
A share of funding for the new road will come from the contributions which developers have to make after getting planning permission for new housing.
The developers will also Wokingham Borough Council build a primary school, has successfully applied for a community hall and allotments £29.6 million contribution from in this area.
Homes England, the Government’s By meeting expectations for housing and regeneration agency, housing provision in this part of towards the completion of the the borough, the council will be South Wokingham Distributor Road legally in a much stronger position (SWDR). to reject planning applications for
It will run from Finchampstead new homes in other, less suitable Road, near Tesco, and the junction areas. with Molly Millars Lane, and run There’ll be 3m wide verges roughly parallel to the railway line planted with trees along its to London Road, just west of Coppid length, to provide drainage and Beech roundabout. encourage walking and cycling,
Two sections have already with pedestrians and cyclists given been completed: William Heelas priority at junctions.
Way off London Road, which Work is set to start on the new serves the new Montague Park road later this year, and the council housing estate including Floreat expects it to open to the public in Montague Park Primary School, and 2026. the Eastern Gateway which links Cllr Lindsay Ferris, executive to a new roundabout on Waterloo member for planning and local Road. plan said: “We’re incredibly thankful
The SWDR will serve the 1,800 or to Homes England for providing so new homes which are going to this much-needed funding be built to the south of the railway boost, and I’d like to personally line in years to come, to meet both thank the officers who worked local GNH_Wokingham_265x160_LK6-CN9-BE1_Jan2024_DEXP demand and the Government’s hard to write and 20x3 submit 12/01/2024 our future expectations. successful bid.”