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Local Planning Authorities, like Charnwood, need a Local Plan. Without that they can’t approve new housing where it’s needed and not where it’s not. That’s the theory anyway. Charnwood’s Plan is currently under close scrutiny by Government Inspectors. They will visit the town for the third time in February to hear more evidence in public on the transport infrastructure and if it can be paid for.
The principal basis of the Plan’s transport measures is “firstly to seek to reduce overall levels of carborne trips through maximising sustainable travel opportunities”; other measures are “secondary” , it says.
However, the whole transport package is estimated at over £180m, way beyond what the developers are prepared to pay. Most of the highways work would be to increase the volume or speed at which motorised traffic can navigate the A6 and A6004 junctions. Safer pedestrian routes around the Allendale roundabout have been requested, but sadly don’t feature. There is £10m allocated for public transport, sadly without new bus lanes or new bus routes into the planned housing estates. But readers may be pleased to se
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