Drivers have threatened strike action over the speed bumps

Drivers in Reading, Berkshire, say the bumps on the Green Park industrial estate are causing them injuries.

Reading Borough Council has pledged to reduce the size of the bumps but has not yet set a date for the work.

The drivers are now refusing to cover the route and will strike if the roadworks are not completed by the end of October.

The last thing the union can be accused of is rushing to the barricades Andrew Dodgshon, TGWU

Nine of the ten drivers on the route have voted for a one-day strike on 5 November.

If the work has not even started during November they will carry out further industrial action in December.

Andrew Dodgshon, spokesman for the Transport and General Workers Union, said the dispute had been going on for the last three years and that the council had "every opportunity" to avoid strike action.

The double-decker drivers believe "speed cushions" positioned in the middle of the traffic lane would reduce motorists' speed and discomfort.

They met with the council on Monday to hear what plans their engineers had.

A spokeswoman for the council said: "We have agreed a scheme with the union in consultation with Reading Buses.

"We are about to start tendering for contractors and do not yet have any specific date."