#wokingham — Public Fediverse posts
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Great Western #Railway (GWR) and #Wokingham Borough Council have introduced improvements to access at #Twyford station following customer feedback.
Six dedicated pick-up and drop-off spaces now allow drivers to wait for up to 20 minutes, while a new bus stop has been added on Station Road. Relining the main car park has created a small increase in capacity, and drivers with an off-peak ticket can now use the permit holders’ car park after 10am.
The changes follow a customer survey calling for better pick-up and drop-off facilities, bus links and parking.
Further improvements are planned. The council is reviewing bus services, with changes expected from April 2027, while GWR has designed an expansion of the main car park to add 50 spaces and is seeking Department for Transport funding.
https://news.gwr.com/news/access-improvements-delivered-at-twyford-station-following-customer-feedback -
"Britain is struggling to build data centres
It risks missing a big opportunity""20,000 kettles at once: The huge Wokingham data centre plan facing a major environmental challenge"
"A consortium of consultants is advancing plans for a 72MW IT data centre at the Microsoft campus in Thames Valley Park."https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/07/26/britain-is-struggling-to-build-data-centres
https://wokingham.today/data-centre-challenged-by-energy-expert/#UK #energy #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #AI #technology #electricity #Microsoft #Reading #TVP #ThamesValleyPark #Wokingham
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https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/26262706.heat-job-loss-fears-data-centre-near-reading/
Roux Davies: “Reading council has a housebuilding target of 800 homes a year, included in that are energy-efficient green homes and affordable council homes."
“In 2023, they had issues building 50 affordable homes because of the lack of capacity on the electricity grid.
“Because they couldn't have the capacity on the grid to have green infrastructure like heat pumps, they instead installed gas heating."
#Reading #Earley #Wokingham #UK #technology #environment #energy
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#Microsoft offices on TVP to be demolished and replaced with a data centre
"Fears about increasing temperatures and the threat AI poses to jobs were raised at a public exhibition for a planned data centre near Reading."
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/26262706.heat-job-loss-fears-data-centre-near-reading/
#Reading #Earley #Wokingham #UK #technology #environment #energy
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"‘We are a welcoming community’: Residents act fast to remove St George flags in Winnersh"
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"Cyclist left in life-threatening condition following road traffic collision in Woodley"
'Investigating officer Police Sergeant Matthew Cadmore, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision to please get in touch"'
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Have you used a Hello Bench?
I noticed a Hello Bench at a local nature area near where I live. HelloBench are a Woodley and Wokingham community initiative designed to promote human connection and eliminate loneliness.
It seems like a kind idea to get people chatting and connecting.
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#Reading is also divided in half by the #RiverThames - there are only 3 points to cross it - at #Caversham Bridge, Reading Bridge and just outside in #Sonning - even this afternoon that bridge must have been #flooded , as #Wokingham #Council and #TVP (Thames Valley Police) had closed off the road (adding to the traffic on the remaining two bridge crossings). The Council wants to build a third bridge but surrounding Councils are against it
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I've been working with these folks, delivering leaflets and getting the message out. It's either Lib Dem or Tory in #Wokingham. I know where I'm putting my vote! #ToriesOut
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Conservative MP Sir John #Redwood is standing down at #2024GE
Another of Major's "bastards" bites the dust...... 10 years too late to save us from the self-inflicted injury that was #brexit
#libDem is the best vote in #Wokingham to ensure another gammon plank does not take his place
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WOKINGHAM COUNCIL RESULT
Council seats:
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 27 (+1)
🔵 Conservatives: 19 (-3)
🔴 Labour: 8 (+3)
⚫ Independents: 0 (-1)STAYS as no overall control.
This is John Redwood's constituency and a top Lib Dem target. Interesting that Lab have made the most gains here.
#ukpolitics #LE2024 #LocalElections2024 #LocalElections #electionresults #news #Wokingham
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'Halve it: Residents call on council and police to drastically cut speed limits on Wokingham’s roads'
'government guidance also notes that in 2022, 27% of all road deaths in England occurred on national speed limit rural single carriageway roads – and states that speed limits on single carriageway rural roads should take account of vulnerable road users wherever there is no footway.'
#Wokingham #UK #speed #motorists #roads #CountryRoads #ActiveTravel #travel #transport
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@nocto Not nearly as far, but a walking and cycling sign at Arborfield Green pointing at Aldershot, 14 miles away - the sign is the sort you get on shared use paths or quiet roads, but this expects people to walk and cycle on a series of busy and hostile A roads without paths. The route to Wokingham is bad but at least it's only 4 miles.
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A councillor in #Wokingham: 'learnt about the concept of 15-minute neighbourhoods where residents could walk or cycle within their community to access shops, schools, GP surgeries and the other things they need to live.
Many of the new towns designed and built in the 1950s, and 1960s used that as a blueprint. However, over time, the car became king and walking and cycling became less attractive on roads congested with traffic.'
https://wokingham.today/from-the-chamber-a-government-going-backwards/
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'The ‘war on motorists’ is an over-used fiction, being wheeled out by the Conservatives in a desperate attempt to appease right wing critics and win a few votes.'
'To attempt to create a division between motorists and cyclists or pedestrians is a base tactic and, more importantly, it won’t work.'(Cllr Rachel Burgess)
https://wokingham.today/from-the-chamber-a-war-on-motorists/
#Wokingham #UK #cyclists #cycling #bike #walking #ActiveTravel #Conservatives #transport #motorists #pedestrians
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Unearthed this Royal County of #Berkshire Official Guide from 1991 on what is, coincidentally, the 25th anniversary of the County Council's demise. I can't see much online about the guide, so I'll scan and PDF it over the weekend and add it to the #InternetArchive so you can all share in the 1990s nostalgia!
#RDGUK #Wokingham #Slough #Windsor #Maidenhead #Bracknell #WestBerkshire #Newbury #England