DOZENS of roads in Bracknell and throughout the area are soon to be improved with more than £2m worth of resurfacing works planned.

A total of 24 roads have been identified for works in Bracknell, Sandhurst and the surrounding villages.

It comes as part of a wider project in which the council is pledging £7.25 million t be spent on the borough’s roads, pavements, and cycle paths over the next year.

Of those set for resurfacing works, the road surface will be removed and replaced at 15 locations in Bracknell Forest.

These locations are:

  1. A322 Bagshot Road – at the northbound section adjacent to the Swinley Gyratory
  2. A322 Bagshot Road – heading southbound between the Horse &
  3. Groom and Sports Centre roundabouts
  4. A3095 Rackstraw Road – between Acacia Avenue and Evenlode Way
  5. A330 Maidens Green Road – between Bracknell Road and Winkfield Street
  6. Winkfield Lane, Winkfield – between Cocks Lane and Moat Farm Close
  7. College Crescent, Sandhurst
  8. Fencote, Crown Wood, Bracknell
  9. Forest Road, Binfield – between Terrace Road and Benetfeld Road
  10. North View, Binfield
  11. The Opladen Way and Harmans Water Road junction in Bracknell
  12. Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor – between Yeovil Road and Wargrove Close
  13. Yeovil Road, Owlsmoor
  14. Ringmead, Great Hollands, Bracknell, between Madingly and Hanworth Road
  15. Ringmead between Crowthorne Road and Ringwood.

These locations will be subject to ‘Inlay Surface Treatment’ projects, which Bracknell Forest Council will spend £1.7 million on.

Meanwhile, the following roads will also have separate surface treatment projects:

  1. Avocet Crescent
  2. Blackcap Place
  3. Bluethroat Close
  4. Bullfinch
  5. Chafinch
  6. Cormorant Close
  7. Cornbunting (all of the above in Sandhurst)
  8. Dovedale Close, Owlsmoor
  9. Hazel Hill, Bracknell
  10. The Ridgeway, Bracknell
  11. Woodridge Close, Bracknell
  12. Locks Ride, Chavey Down
  13. Ringmead, Bracknell between Wheatley and Great Holland Road.

Bracknell Forest Council will spend £485,000 on these surface treatment projects.

All of these roads will undergo work as part of the council’s 2023/24 Highways and Transport Capital Programme, which was approved at an executive committee meeting on Tuesday, March 21.

As well as these resurfacing projects, the council’s highways department has obtained £377,600 from the government to fix potholes.

During the meeting, councillor Chris Turrell (Conservative, Harmans Water) executive member for transport, said: “The recent cold weather has had a significant effect on our road surfaces as is the way with such weather.

“There will be a catch up on the number of potholes that have appeared as a result.

“The additional funding from the government for this is very welcome.”

There have been 14 reports of potholes in Bracknell on the website FixMyStreet since the start of 2023.

Of those, four were reported in Ringmead, the most of any in Bracknell this year.

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Bracknell Forest Council’s total highways budget for 2023/24 is £7.25 million, which includes making new pedestrian crossings and increasing parking.

The budget is made up of £4.55 million of capital funding and £2.7 million revenue funding.

Of the £4.55 million, approximately £2.85 million comes from Department of Transport funding, with £1.2 million coming from the council’s capital budget, £400,000 coming from community infrastructure levy (CIL) and £100,000 coming from Section 106 developer contributions.