A WEEKDAY closure for an east Reading road could become permanent due to the success of a School Street trial.
For the past 16 months, part of Crescent Road, at its junction with Hamilton Road and Wokingham Road, is closed during school drop-off and pick-up times to help students at three schools get to and from lessons safely.
Volunteers divert traffic and ensure safety of the children attending UTC Reading, Maiden Erlegh School in Reading, and Alfred Sutton primary school.
Launched in February last year for the morning school run, it was extended to afternoons in November.
Reading Borough Council’s traffic management sub-committee will meet on Wednesday, June 14 to consider making the scheme permanent. It follows a consultation showing two-thirds of respondents want this outcome.
