{"id":1802,"date":"2010-09-22T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2010-09-22T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T15:40:08","slug":"historic-reading-chalk-mine-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1802","title":{"rendered":"Historic Reading chalk mine investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Work is due to start early next year on a \u00a34.3million project to  carry out further investigations and stabilisation works to homes in the  Field Road and Coley District, which may be built on land where  historical chalk mining took place.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nLand which lies underneath more than fifty properties in the Field Road  &amp; Coley District area will be investigated during the project, which  is being funded by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) following a  successful bid by Reading Borough Council. The properties are all sited  within a Derelict Land Clearance Order Area (DLCOA) and therefore  qualify for 100 per cent funding.<\/p>\n<p>Phase 3 of the long-running project will include further detailed ground  investigations of the land in the area, involving borehole drillings  and dynamic probing techniques. Following this investigative work,  properties will be stabilised if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Some disruption to residents is expected as heavy plant machinery will  be needed to carry out some of the work. Temporary parking arrangements  and some temporary road closures may be necessary, depending on what  work is needed. The Council will also seek householders&#8217; permission for  the contractors to access their land and carry out the investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations into historic chalk mines in the area are long term.  Historical Ordnance Survey and Tithe maps dating back to 1802 showed  there were a number of historic brick, tile and pottery works in Field  Road and adjacent streets. Brickworks were also located in Coley Park  and Deepdene Close. Investigations were prompted by the collapse of  ground in Field Road in January 2000.<br \/>\n<\/span><span> For more information on the Field Road and Coley District Project go to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.gov.uk\/fieldroad\" target=\"_blank\">www.reading.gov.uk\/fieldroad<\/a> or contact Tim Abbott in the HCA press office on 0118 902 8441 \/ <a href=\"mailto:tim.abbott@hca.gsx.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\">tim.abbott@hca.gsx.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homes &amp; Communities: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandcommunities.co.uk\/Next-phase?p=0&amp;f=0\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandcommunities.co.uk\/Next-phase?p=0&amp;f=0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work is due to start early next year on a \u00a34.3million project to carry out further investigations and stabilisation works to homes in the Field Road and Coley District, which may be built on land where historical chalk mining took &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1802\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}