Bracknell

Work to completely refurbish the Longshot Lane civic amenity site in Bracknell starts on Monday, March 31.

Bracknell Residents are urged to check the opening times of the site before setting out on their journey, while the building is taking place over the next year.

The much needed improvements to modernise the facilities will include changing the layout of the site for better access and providing covered bays for residents to unload their vehicles. Recycling facilities will also be improved.

For the first week of the works – from Monday, March 31, to Sunday, April 6 – the site will be completely closed to the public to prepare it for the refurbishment.

Then, from Monday, April 7, there will be changes to the opening hours of the site while the construction is taking place so that it can be completed as quickly and safely as possible.

The site will be open to residents from 5pm to 8pm on weekdays and will remain open at weekends and bank holidays from 8am to 6pm in the winter and until 8pm in the summer.

Cllr Dorothy Hayes, Executive Member for the Bracknell Environment, said We will do everything we can to try and keep disruption to a minimum during the redevelopment of the site. There may be times when the site will have to be closed at short notice and therefore I would urge all residents to check before making their journey to the site.”

The redevelopment is being carried out by the re3 waste minimisation partnership, a 25-year joint project of Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils and the Waste Recycling Group to dispose of 200,000 tonnes of domestic waste collected each year.

Both Bracknell Forest and Wokingham borough residents may also choose to use the new houshold waste recycling facility at Island Road, Reading.

Having state-of-the-art facilities at Island Road and Longshot Lane means the re3 partnership will be able to recycle even more of the waste that comes into the site and from the from the kerbside refuse collection service.

The re3 partnership was created to increase recycling, reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and to significantly reduce the overall cost of waste disposal to the benefit of the council tax payer. For more details, visit www.re3.org.uk

Residents should check the latest opening times and any short term closures before leaving for Longshot Lane, by visiting www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk or www.re3.org.uk or freephone 0800 9883023.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council