Petition to stop East Reading ‘rat run’
September 20, 2012
A petition requesting an East Reading road be made one-way is to be investigated by transport bosses.
Eighteen people from 16 households are calling for Carnarvon Road to be one-way in the northerly direction of Junction Road to De Beauvoir Road.
The petition was presented to Reading Borough Council’s traffic management advisory panel last Thursday.
It read: “There is an increasing concern on the speed and use of Carnarvon Road as a rat run for cars.
“The road has a blind bend and extreme caution is required, passing is sometimes difficult.
“Carnarvon Road has a diverse community of all ages, and making this road one way would mean that it would no longer become a rat run, be quieter, safer and more pedestrian friendly.”
Redlands councillor Tony Jones said: “I think this is an interesting question being asked. I think we have to take care that the petition hasn’t got a huge amount of support but that may be different if it was more widely publicised.”
Traffic officers will investigate the proposal and report back to a future meeting of the panel.