Proposals to install a new compact roundabout on a key A308 junction are set to be considered by leading councillors next week.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s cabinet will deliberate options to improve the A308 Windsor Road junction with Holyport Road set out in an officers’ report.

These include the recommended option of a new compact roundabout to replace the existing ‘mini’ roundabout.

A proposal to replace the roundabout with a traffic light system had gone through a public consultation, but this was met with overwhelmingly negative feedback from residents.

The officers’ report reads: “The junction of A308 Windsor Road with Holyport Road needs to be upgraded to address issues of junction safety and long-term capacity, and was one of ten junctions around Maidenhead identified as needing improvement, reinforced by the SW Maidenhead SPD.

“Options assessments for the junction have previously recommended the introduction of traffic signals to protect vehicle movements through the junction and regulate conflicting flows of traffic, however, feedback received through a public consultation earlier this year indicated a strong public preference for a roundabout at this location.

“An option for an upgraded, compact roundabout with a larger footprint than the current mini roundabout has subsequently been developed and has been found to be both technically feasible and to substantially grow capacity and address safety issues.”

If the recommended roundabout option were adopted, it is expected to cost around £1.3m and be funded via the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership and Community Infrastructure Levy.

Work would be expected to start in early 2024.

The proposed roundabout would alter the angle of approach to the junction, aiming to calm traffic, improve the line of sight and create more natural gaps to keep the routes flowing.

The officers’ report noted: “The borough has a very good safety record regarding the number of injury collisions reported on the roads.

“There are locations where accidents and injuries are more prevalent, however, and this is one of those sites.

“There have been 12 injury collisions recorded at, or on the approach to, this junction over the last 10 years, resulting in injuries to 14 people.”

It was further noted in the report that, if no action is taken, background traffic could overwhelm the junction within the next decade.

Councillors are set to discuss the proposals at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, October 25.