The 2017 residents survey said 90% of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with their local area as a place to live, This was an increase since 2014 (87%).
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Supporting our Community Centres
- We have maintained support for our local community centres.
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Enhancing and investing in our library network -
- We have not closed any libraries.
- All our libraries have had investment to improve services and can be accessed for longer each day.
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Protecting communitiy identity
- We have continued to recognise the need for maintaining each community’s own identity and separation from each other within our local plan.
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Improving our rail service
- We continued to drive for improvements in the Reading to Waterloo train services and prevented the downgrading of Martins Heron station.
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Securing extra investment
- We have won over £20m in government funding for local transport initiatives such as at Coral Reef on A322, the dualing of the A329 Downshire Way, and for the future A3095 improvements.
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Working with Partners
- Working with organisations like Silva Homes we have provided 271 additional parking spaces.
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Better Bus Servies
- We have introduced evening and Sunday Bus services on Council funded routes.