Last week, my red wheelie bin was not collected by the Council, this was annoying, but thankfully it was collected today. I could cope with this missed collection as it was only one week, but how would I feel if this happened most weeks?
This is what residents of Foxhill Road have had to put up with recently - and it is sadly not the first time. One of my constituents wrote to me today to say that her red bin was not collected today (Wednesday) - this was the third time it had not been collected in 6 weeks.
Last year parking restrictions were introduced on the corners of Foxhill Road and Cardigan Road to try and ease the problems faced by bin lorries and caused in part by the introduction of a one-way system.
Similar problems have been reported recently on Donnington Road. It appears that parked cars are continuing to cause problems for the Streetcare team, making it harder for them to access a number of narrow streets in the ward.
I have brought this matter to the attention of the Council's Streetcare and Highways teams to see if a solution can be found.
On the wider issue of parking, it is clear that the number of parked cars in the Erleigh Road area increase during University term time and problems with bin collections also go up during this time.
The Lib Dems would like to see the introduction by Reading Buses of a student bus fare, as the current ticket price is prohibitive and is acting as a disincentive to students using the bus rather than driving. This is a campaign, currently being led by Reading University Lib Dems: find out more information here.
In addition, as I mentioned recently we would like to see the University do much more to support green travel initiatves including car clubs and car-sharing to get students out of their cars.
It's great to see another car club has been set up by Commonwheels , with a car for hire in various locations in Reading, including Kings Road. We would like to see more schemes like this developed in Reading, and are pressing the Council to change its policies so that car club cars can be parked in residents' parking zones.
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