Arborfield Cross Relief Road (ACRR) Newsletter 1 - October 2018

Aerial view over Road

We are pleased to introduce the first of a This programme is only part of the wider infrastructure series of newsletters on the Major that Wokingham Borough Council is committed to Highways Programme. We encourage questions deliver; further information can be found at: you may have about this programme, as well as www.wokingham.gov.uk/major-developments/ your comments, suggestions and feedback on overview-of-major-developments any aspect of this programme. You can find our contact details overleaf. Cross Relief Road (ACRR) The ACRR will support the development of Arborfield Major Highways Programme Strategic Development site, consisting of 3500 new Balfour Beatty is working on behalf of Wokingham homes. This new road was granted planning consent Borough Council on Wokingham’s Major Highways in January 2018 and will mitigate the traffic impact Programme, to help facilitate growth in the borough of on Arborfield Village and local roads. Since January, Wokingham. In meeting the council’s responsibilities Balfour Beatty has started the detailed design and to deliver new housing, the borough is committing undertaken a series of tasks to support the delivery substantial investment, secured from the developers, programme of the scheme: topographical survey of in a wide range of infrastructure. This comprises the proposed route corridor, statutory undertakers of new schools, open spaces and leisure facilities, apparatus identification through radar penetration community facilities and roads, amounting to approx. surveys and a series of ecological surveys, plus £1billion investments in total. monitoring to identify badger setts and bat roosts.

The £124m Highways Programme delivered under Arborfield Cross Relief Road Scheme Map the SCAPE Procurement Framework includes the Arborfield Cross Relief Road (ACRR), Bridge A327 Reading Road Greensward Lane improvements, Relief Road - Phase 2 (WRR), Lower Way Dualling and three projects which Henry Street form the South Wokingham Distributor Road (SWDR); Garden Centre Swallowfield Road Eastern Gateway, Spine Road and Western Gateway, Eversley Road The programme also includes the West of Old Forest Pets Plus Road, Toutley Road and Ashridge Farm sections of Arborfield Court the North Wokingham Distributor Road (NWDR). Duck Nest These projects are being completed alongside Farm residential developer-led projects which will later connect together to form the completed road.

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Diagrammatic map. Not to scale. Swallowfield Road Arborfield Cross Relief Road (ACRR) Newsletter 1 - October 2018

» Design and Construction Timeline

Summer 2018: Detailed design and planning 1 conditions completed (subject to planning approval)

Summer 2018: We are here Enabling works – Preparation for the delivery 2 of the scheme and environmental studies

Winter 2018/Early 2019: Aerial view over Duck Nest Farm – Indicative Route Corridor 3 Site preparation and utilities re-routing

Value Engineering Exercise Spring 2019: A value engineering exercise was carried out on the 4 Construction begins proposed Green Bridge detailed design at Bridleway ARBO17. By amending the arch profile, the design team has managed to better integrate the structure Summer 2020: into the hillside, improve landscaping opportunities 5 Arborfield Cross Relief Road opens and will likely remove the need for piled foundations. Any suitable excess material arising from the scheme earthworks will be assessed to be reused on the » Want to keep up to speed with the progress other road schemes Balfour Beatty is working on being made on our multi-million pound as part of the Wokingham Borough Council’s Major Major Highways Programme? Highway’s Programme. We’ll be communicating further updates about the project via our e-newsletter. If you’d like to receive the Arborfield Cross e-newsletter, please send your details to [email protected]

We will only use your information and personal data for the purposes of sending the e-newsletter, Archaeological Investigation and it will not be shared with any third party. The project team is currently planning a series of enabling works beginning with archaeological investigations in Arborfield just north of the Contact Us: Swallowfield Road, near the site of a potential Iron Balfour Beatty has a dedicated telephone helpline Age settlement. who will be able to assess any issues and provide a response as applicable: T: 0800 121 4444 While the proposed scheme has been designed to avoid any impact on the settlement, it was important Alternatively, you can use the email address at to undertake further investigation to ensure no [email protected] damage was caused to any archaeological features, while also mapping out and recording any important For more information regarding ongoing and remains of historic use of the area. new projects, please visit: www.wokingham.gov.uk/major-new-roads