NOW YOU see it, now you don’t … Network Rail’s ongoing project to revamp an historic railway bridge that divides Reading and Wokingham boroughs has taken a big step forward as the team switch sides.
Work on the first side of the restoration has been completed, and people can now get a sense of what the bridge will be like when the entire project is completed next month.
While it won’t come as much comfort to motorists stuck in the traffic jams caused by the project, one half is now in its green colour, harking back to the original design, but the view will be obscured once again as scaffolding is erected over the other side of the road to allow work on the second half to take place.
A spokesperson from Network Rail said: “I can confirm that work has now swapped sides on the bridge and contractors are now erecting the scaffolding to start painting on the other side.
“The project seems to be on schedule on the moment.”
The two-and-a-half month timescale started in February half-term, and is due to finish by Tuesday, May 9.
