{"id":194974,"date":"2025-10-12T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/194974\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:17:09","slug":"biodiversity-in-shinfield-to-be-boosted-in-1m-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/194974\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity in Shinfield to be boosted in \u00a31m project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">A \u00a31m project to improve biodiversity and improve green spaces as part of the wider Shinfield Studios development has begun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The work near the Eastern Relief Road in Shinfield will improve walking and cycling provision around the University of Reading-owned Thames Valley Science Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The first phase will create a new public footpath linking the Eastern Relief Road to Cutbush Lane and is expected to be finished by mid-December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The second phase will next year introduce soft landscaping, including planting and fencing, improving the area&#8217;s ecological value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Molli Cleaver, Reading University&#8217;s community engagement manager, said: &#8220;This project is about more than just restoring habitats \u2013 it&#8217;s about creating spaces where people and nature can thrive together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to open up new green routes for walking and cycling, and to give the community more opportunities to connect with the natural environment on their doorstep.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u00a31m project to improve biodiversity and improve green spaces as part of the wider Shinfield Studios development&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-194974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}