Stop One-Way IDR Plan
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In September 2006 Reading Borough Council is going to approve its One-Way IDR project. The objectives of the council are to improve local traffic flow, discourage through traffic, encourage more cycling, walking, and use of public transport.
We, residents of Reading, Earley, Wokingham, Woodley, Winnersh, Sonning, Shinfield and others demand that Reading Borough Council stop this program immediately and study other ways of achieving their objectives.
Below are the reasons for our demand:
- The plan is designed to deliver additional traffic jams / delays and additional pollution outside of the IDR ring (discouraging through traffic). This will have a damaging impact on the residents of Reading and of the adjacent towns.
- Planned improvements to local traffic apply only to a tiny part of Reading inside the IDR ring.
- The plan fails to provide any form of diversion of the through traffic away from Reading town centre.
- The plan is not designed to achieve any significant public transport improvements.
- Encouraging more cycling and walking could be better and more economically achieved by other measures.
- One-way ring road will be vulnerable to a potential single point of failure, for instance an incident or flooding under the railway bridge.
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1,000 signatures
Goal: 1,000
Latest Signatures
30 January 2016
1000.
Matthew S
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Town
Reading
This scheme will cause massive traffic problems during its construction and has not been adequately explained to the Reading public. This is a dreadful idea!
29 January 2016
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9 January 2016
993.
Fred D
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Town
Wokingham
There appears to be very little scientific evidence for the councils decision and I believe from empirical evidence the scheme will be a disaster for Reading and the environment.
8 January 2016
7 January 2016
991.
Jonathan P
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Town
Earley
Another example of Labour's obsession with unattainable anti-car goals and another crackdown on democratic liberty and the will of the end-user/sufferer.
6 January 2016
4 January 2016
1 January 2016
30 December 2015
987.
Will D
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Town
Reading
It's quite clear the council want to approve this because it's there idea rather than there being a strong case for it's implementation
28 December 2015
24 December 2015
23 December 2015
20 December 2015
19 December 2015
982.
Jim B
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Town
Brackley Northamptonshire
I come to Reading on a regualar basis. I have spoken to people who have helped develop this IDR mad scheme and they assure me it will work. Complete joke !
16 December 2015
14 December 2015
14 December 2015
979.
Gordon B
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Town
Reading
Reading Councils dreadful mistake - money granted could be better used.
7 December 2015
4 December 2015
2 December 2015
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