• Maidenhead Road Flyover To Remain Open

  By StaineSiobhan at 00:29 on 30/01/11

  

  Project manager on the WERR (Windsor and Eton Relief Road) resurfacing work, Craig Bassett, has updated us that there will not be any full-carriageway closures on the Maidenhead Road flyover, as had previously been planned to occur over two weekends.   This is because the project team has succeeded in finding a technical solution that:   * incorporates repairs to the flyover bridges at the same time as the resurfacing of the...

• Maidenhead Road Flyover Road Closure Postponed

  By StaineSiobhan at 16:42 on 22/01/11

  

  Windsor and Eton relief road project manager Craig Bassett has written to update us about the proposed works on Maidenhead Road flyover that were due occur this weekend.   The works, and associated road closure, have been put back one week (subject to weather). This is due to technical and contractual issues, and also to investigate a proposal that would enable the work to go ahead without having to close the road.   This...

• Moving the Signal on the Clarence Road Roundabout

  By StaineSiobhan at 22:00 on 15/11/10

  

  The traffic signal control panel – the mechanism which synchronises the traffic lights – on the Clarence Road roundabout in Windsor is to be relocated from its present site, outside the boundaries of the new, smaller island, to inside the new island. To allow for this relocation, the roundabout traffic lights will be turned off at 9am on Saturday 13 November and turned back on early Saturday evening. The move was originally...

• Royal Borough Offers Assurances Over Preparations For Snow

  By StaineSiobhan at 13:05 on 18/10/10

  

  The Royal Borough council is saying we are doubly prepared for snow this winter with more than twice the supply of salt in store following the severe weather earlier this year. With the council's winter maintenance programme ready to take to the roads from the end of the month (Friday 29 October), 1200 tonnes of salt are on order for the start of the winter season. This compares with 550 tonnes ordered at the start of last winter,...

• End of the Cranford Agreement - But It's a Missed Opportunity

  By StaineSiobhan at 10:02 on 18/10/10

  

  The Royal Borough has welcomed the government's decision to end the controversial Cranford Agreement which has caused misery to Windsor residents living under the flightpath at Heathrow airport - but claims the move "still does not go far enough" to alleviate the problem. Describing the decision as a "missed opportunity" to share out the burden of aircraft noise for local residents, councillors and officers are...

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