Station Road, Newbury - Prohibition of Motor Vehicles (Experimental Order)

Activity closed.

What is being proposed 

Station Road is already closed to motor vehicles and has been since the pandemic to encourage active travel. It is now time to determine whether this restriction should be made permanent, make any minor amendments or revert it back to a one-way road. The restriction is in place between its junctions with Bartholomew St and Link Road with no vehicular access to any properties or land within its restricted length. 

A  Plan of Restriction - Station Road, Newbury - Prohibition of Motor Vehicles (Experimental Order) [274KB] is available to view as well as the Sealed Order - Station Road, Newbury - Prohibition of Motor Vehicles (Experimental Order) [63KB] . 

The restriction came into force on Monday 22 August 2022 through some minor signage amendments and additions. Vehicular access is permitted to the relevant people for the following reasons only:

• to remove obstructions from the highway
• to maintain, improve or reconstruct the carriageway or adjacent land or property 
• to lay, alter, maintain remove any utility apparatus 
• access for emergency vehicles

How to take part 

We invite people to comment on the scheme by completing the  Station Road Comment Form [235KB] and returning it to the Contact the Traffic and Road Safety Team by Wednesday 22 February 2023. 

What happens next 

All comments and objections we receive will be considered, and a decision made by Individual Executive Member decision in April 2023, as to whether the restriction will be made permanent or not by January 2024.