Residents urged to check Wokingham Longshot Lane opening times
Longshot Lane, which is one of the two civic amenity sites available to Wokingham borough residents, will undergo a complete refurbishment to modernise facilities from March 31, with building work due to last around 15 months.
The improvements are much-needed and will include:
· Changing the site layout to provide better access and reduce queuing
· Providing covered bays for residents to unload their vehicles
· A greater range of recycling facilities
However, in order for the redevelopment to take place there will be some changes to the site’s opening hours, so work can be carried out as safely and quickly as possible. Therefore residents are being urged to check opening times before they set off and use the newly opened Smallmead household waste and recycling site in Reading as much as possible.
From Monday, March 31, to Sunday, April 6 – Longshot Lane site will be completely closed to the public to prepare it for the refurbishment.
Then, from Monday, April 7, the site will be open to residents from 5pm to 8pm on weekdays and will remain open at weekends and bank holidays from 8am to 6pm in the winter and until 8pm in the summer.
Wokingham Residents wanting to check the site’s opening time should log on to www.wokingham.gov.uk or www.re3.org.uk or call freephone 0800 9883023, where the latest up-to-date information will be available, including any further temporary changes to opening times.
Household rubbish and recycling collections, including the green waste scheme, will continue as normal throughout the redevelopment and all of the 40 recycling points across the Wokingham borough will continue to be in use.
The Smallmead household waste and recycling facility in Island Road, Reading, is open to all Wokingham borough residents seven days a week from 8am to 6pm from October 1 to March 31 and from 8am to 8pm from April 1 to September 30.
The redevelopment is being carried out by the re3 waste minimisation partnership, a 25-year joint project of Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils and the Waste Recycling Group to dispose of 200,000 tonnes of domestic waste collected each year.
Wokingham Cllr Rob Stanton, chairman of the RE3 project board and executive member for corporate services, said: “The change to Longshot Lane’s opening times is necessary to ensure that the building work can take place safely and quickly.
“In order to get the best possible facilities for all our residents as quickly and safely as possible there may be times when the site is closed at short notice for a very minimal amount of time, which is why we’re urging residents to check before they set off.
“Residents are also advised to use the new Smallmead household waste and recycling facility in Reading throughout the redevelopment, where they can deposit waste free of charge and recycle a whole host of materials from glass to paper to printer cartridges and lightbulbs.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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