Welcome to SOAR’s archive! We have saved our pages from the campaign against the concrete flyover known as the East Reading MRT.
The MRT will have a devastating impact on biodiversity and tree life. At a minimum 766 trees will be felled. Onsite only 77 trees will be replaced. That is only 10% of the overall total that will be felled, and the new trees will take a generation to achieve comparable growth. This in no way meets …
The devastating impact of the East Reading MRT on our Trees Read More »
RBC and the applicant have claimed on many occasions that the MRT will improve air quality on Reading’s roads. They persist in this claim despite the application itself showing that the impact will be neglible. In RBC’s press release announcing that the MRT application will be revised and re-submitted Tony Page again made the claim …
The East Reading MRT will not improve Air Quality Read More »
1. IT IS NOT A MASS RAPID TRANSIT (MRT) Reading council have repeatedly attempted to mislead the public into believing that the MRT is “a segregated bus, pedestrian and cycle route from the east to the heart of the town centre” Jo Lovelock, Letter, Reading Chronicle This simply isn’t true. MRT’s are typically light rail totally …
Top 10 reasons to object to the Reading “Mass Rapid Transit” (MRT) Read More »
In this must watch TED Talk Jonas Eliasson describes his experience of introducing congestion charging into Stockholm. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. It will be 8 minutes well spent! In many respects Reading shares similar problems with Stockholm. Water means that there are bridges creating bottlenecks. His main points are :- …
Following the rejection of the East Reading MRT by Wokingham Council on 25 June 2018, SOAR were at the Reading Borough Council Strategic Planning meeting to apply pressure on RBC to drop the MRT. Skip to 8.15 to see SOAR campaigner John Mullaney clash with a slightly grumpy Chairperson, and reasserting Wokingham Labour councillor and …
RBC Strategic Planning meeting 02 July – SOAR keep up the pressure Read More »
Great news : Reading Council are now considering a congestion charge – a scheme which RBC previously had claimed simply couldn’t happen before the MRT was built. This development is almost certainly linked to Wokingham’s decision last week to reject the MRT and to growing pressure from various environmental groups and campaigns including SOAR, Reading …
Reading Council are considering a congestion charge Read More »
INCREDIBLE NEWS : WOKINGHAM COUNCIL HAVE VOTED AGAINST THE MRT. At an extraordinary planning meeting on the 25 June 2018 Wokingham Councillors voted against the MRT. John Mullaney of SOAR was jubilant updating our Facebook followers he said: We’ll let you know the implications going forward but for now pour yourself a drink and celebrate a significant …
The revised Design and Access Statement in support of the East MRT, paragraph 4.4 makes the claim that: “Observations demonstrate that the eastern corridor has reached capacity. This will seriously restrict economic growth.” The road traffic counters data included in the planning application show that the traffic on the London Road has been falling over …
Why the East Reading Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) won’t reduce traffic on Reading roads Read More »
This is an old post. It is part of our archive, which records our successful campaign against the East Reading MRT in 2017 and 2018. Send your Objection to Reading Council OBJECT Send your Objection to Wokingham Council OBJECT Anyone can object! You don’t need to live locally or be a resident in Reading or Wokingham. …
soar The dangers of the East Reading MRT will outweigh the benefits for cyclists.Sold as a “segregated” fast track public transport, pedestrian and cycle route, the concrete flyover is in reality only partly segregated. It will bring cyclists and general traffic into conflict at a new junction with Napier road, along Napier road and at …
Why the East Reading flyover will endanger cyclists Read More »