Residents at 'wits end' over lack of council action to fix 'sinking' road
Good Morning Thames Valley — 2026-08-15
RESIDENTS in road in Woodley have spoken of their anger at the lack of action to fix 'deteriorating' road, which they said the council have 'failed' to...
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Residents at 'wits end' over lack of council action to fix 'sinking' road
• RESIDENTS in road in Woodley have spoken of their anger at the lack of action to fix 'deteriorating' road, which they said the council have 'failed' to acknowledge despite contacting them numerous times.
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Reading and Maidenhead are both Elizabeth line endpoints on the western branch, so London transport disruption can be a genuinely local Thames Valley story.
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Did you know? · Thames Valley
Mapledurham Watermill near Reading is the last working corn and grist mill on the Thames, with parts of the 15th-century building still in use.
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