Reading Greens are frustrated that the Council has ignored their request for steep paths including the ones from Newtown down to the river Kennet to be gritted.

Earlier in the year when we had lots of snow local Green Rob White witnessed a number of people sliding over at the bottom of Cholmeley Road which is both icy and steep. He requested that the Council apply grit to this area in the future to prevent people from falling over.

There are also some very steep paths from Cumberland Road and Orts Road down to the riverside.

Rob, who came within 20 votes of becoming Reading's first Green councillor at the last local elections said: "These paths are like an ice rink with all of the snow that has been compacted and they are so steep I'm sure many people have fallen down them in the last few days. When I was putting some salt down there on Saturday I spoke to a cyclist who had just came off his bike in the area and I saw a couple of near misses.

"Reading Council should at least grit these steep slopes or provide some grit bins so local residents can put some grit down."

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Notes for the Editor

1. For more information please contact Rob White on 07985 923938 or 0118 9667183.
2. Green Park Ward candidate Rob White polled 994, and came within 20 votes of becoming Reading's first Green councillor at the last local elections in Reading. At the last general election he stood in Reading East and increased the Green vote by over 50% polling 1548.

Printed and promoted by Robert White, 22 Cumberland Rd, Reading, RG1 3LB. Both on behalf of Reading Green Party.