THE ROUTE and progress of a controversial road near Wokingham will be outlined by the council.

On June 13 an exhibition detailing the proposed path and work done so far on the new Arborfield Cross Relief Road will open to the public at Henry Street Garden Centre.

The relief road is being built to minimise the impact of traffic on Arborfield, Arborfield Cross and the surrounding rural lanes once 2,500 new homes are built on the former Arborfield Garrison site.

Dubbed 'Path B', the route was chosen by seventy per cent of the 1,300 people who responded to Wokingham Borough Council's public consultation in 2013.

Two years later and council officers began working on a planning application which, after extensive survey work into the area's ecology, groundwater and archaeology, should be ready by the beginning of July.

The exhibition will not act as an official public consultation on plans, instead presenting an opportunity for the public to comment.

Four week of consultation begin once the application has been submitted.

“During the past three years the plans have gone from a simple line on a map to a preliminary three dimensional design," explained Ian Haller, highway delivery service manager.

"This has been shaped by the many surveys we’ve carried out including trees, ecology, landscape, archaeology, noise, ground investigations, ground water and transportation, as well as liaising with key stakeholders such as the British Horse Society, Ramblers Association, local horse riding groups and the Local Access Forum to ensure the new road gives them what they want and need.”