By Cllr Rob White
With the Labour-run council disappointingly outsourcing access to our gyms and swimming pools, prices have gone up considerably. However, you can get a residents’ discount and stay healthy in 2023!
Green Campaigner Kate Nikulina says, “I’m not sure the council really want you to know about the discount card, given how hard it is to find, but you can get up to 30% off swimming and getting healthy at council leisure centres now run by Better/GLL.”
Go to my blog and follow the steps to get money off! https://bit.ly/rdgdiscount”
Green campaigner Sarah Magon tackling Wokingham Road rubbish
Green campaigner Sarah Magon has launched a petition to tidy up the Wokingham Road shopping area opposite Alfred Sutton primary school.
Sign the petition here: www.bit.ly/wokyrubbish
Sarah said: “Opposite Alfred Sutton primary school waste is out of control. Often trade waste bins are overflowing and spilling out onto the road. The council’s bag collection system isn’t working well so waste from flats above the shops piles up. Despite the new bollards the area around the pedestrian crossing opposite the Crescent Road junction is chaotic. Reading Council please can you tackle these issues.”
Green councillor Doug Cresswell improving cycle lanes
We have been working to improve facilities for cyclists. Unfortunately cars often park in the Whitley Street cycle lane outside the shops. This forces cyclists out into the road to go out around the parked cars.
Katesgrove Green councillor Doug Cresswell has requested double yellow lines for this stretch of road. Let me know if there are any other stretches of cycle lane that are blocked by cars.
Send a photo through with the exact location: rob@readinggreenparty.org.uk
Greens are the second largest party in Reading
Fortunately, there’s now real, constructive opposition to Labour on Reading council. Following the local elections in May there are now more Green councillors than Conservatives.
There is a growing team of hard-working Green councillors standing up for residents across the town.
If you’re keen on being part of the change in Reading, get involved and help us make Reading fairer, greener and cleaner: reading.greenparty.org.uk/get-involved
By Green Party councillor Rob White, leader of the main opposition group on Reading Borough Council
