Here is a link to the Evening Telegraph article about the development.
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/anger-rothwell-housing-construction-traffic-due-use-b576-1373441
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
B576 Road Junction with development due to start late February
We have learnt that work is due to start on the road junction on the B576 between Rothwell and Desborough to provide access to the new Persimmon development on the West side of the road. The junction will be a four-way, traffic light controlled junction. We are devastated to hear that the proposed haul road from the A6 to the development will not go ahead as the landowner has refused permission for use of the existing track. This means that all construction traffic will have to use the B576 to access the site. Had our proposed "Link road first" been accepted by the local authorities much of the disruption, potential pollution and risk of accidents would have been avoided.
The site work for the junction will be highly disruptive, given 12,000 vehicles a day use this road and it is particularly busy at rush hours. However the disruption will be a taste of things to come as, not only will the Rothwell North development be taking place but Ise Valley in Desborough will also be undergoing development with access onto the B576. Users of the B576, including pedestrian and cyclist students going to Montsaye Academy and people visting the Health Centre will be faced with queues of traffic belching exhaust fumes as drivers try to negotiate the existing choke points at the Greening Road roundabout, the Health Centre bus stop and pedestrian crossing and now the junction development. I expect there to be a lot of frustrated drivers and potentially more accidents on this road over the coming years. Our representatives on the Town, Borough and County Councils have a lot to answer for in allowing this to take place. We are not against the building of the new houses but have consistently argued that access to the A6 for the development should come before the buildings "Link Road First!"
To be fair, Desborough Town Council and Councillor Jim Hakewill have been very supportive of our efforts, it is a pity the rest have not been.
The site work for the junction will be highly disruptive, given 12,000 vehicles a day use this road and it is particularly busy at rush hours. However the disruption will be a taste of things to come as, not only will the Rothwell North development be taking place but Ise Valley in Desborough will also be undergoing development with access onto the B576. Users of the B576, including pedestrian and cyclist students going to Montsaye Academy and people visting the Health Centre will be faced with queues of traffic belching exhaust fumes as drivers try to negotiate the existing choke points at the Greening Road roundabout, the Health Centre bus stop and pedestrian crossing and now the junction development. I expect there to be a lot of frustrated drivers and potentially more accidents on this road over the coming years. Our representatives on the Town, Borough and County Councils have a lot to answer for in allowing this to take place. We are not against the building of the new houses but have consistently argued that access to the A6 for the development should come before the buildings "Link Road First!"
To be fair, Desborough Town Council and Councillor Jim Hakewill have been very supportive of our efforts, it is a pity the rest have not been.
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