Northamptonshire Transportation Plan Northamptonshire Transportation Plan Fit for Purpose Fit for Purpose Kettering Town Transport Strategy Kettering Town Transport Strategy Fit for Purpose Fit for Purpose January 2015 1 Local Transport Plan Kettering Town Transport Strategy (Blank Page) 2 Kettering Kettering Town Transport Strategy Town Kettering Town Transport Strategy Contacts and Further Information This is Northamptonshire County Council’s Kettering Town Transport Strategy. It sets out the overarching vision for transport in Kettering and sets out our strategy to achieve it. The strategy is one of a series of thematic daughter documents to the Northamptonshire Transportation Plan that was adopted in April 2012. If you have any comments that you would like to make regarding any of the issues outlined in this strategy, please contact the Transport Planning Team. Transport Planning Highways, Transportation and Infrastructure Northamptonshire County Council Riverside House Northampton NN1 5NX Email:
[email protected] 3 Kettering Town Transport Strategy (Blank Page) 4 Kettering Kettering Town Transport Strategy Town Contents Kettering Chapter Theme & Content Page No. Town Northamptonshire Transportation Plan: Fit for Chapter 1 7 Purpose Chapter 2 Introduction 11 Chapter 3 Identifying the Current Issues 17 Chapter 4 Planned Growth and Development 31 Chapter 5 The Transport Strategy for Kettering 34 Chapter 6 Delivery Plan 68 5 Kettering Town Transport Strategy (Blank Page) 6 Kettering Kettering Town Transport Strategy Town Chapter 1: Northamptonshire Transportation Plan: Fit for Purpose Transportation is not an end in itself. The movement of people and goods takes place not for its own sake, but to fulfil the diverse needs and desires of the public.