Major highways projects and investment
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Local Transport Grant
We have been allocated £54m of government funding to be spent on highway and transport improvements up to 2029/30.
2025/26
The initial allocation of funding for 2025/26 is £7.73m. This will be spent on the following schemes which will be delivered in 2025 and 2026.
Carriageway maintenance schemes (£5.1m)
Additional carriageway resurfacing sites to extend the 2025/26 programme of carriageway surfacing, to include sites which we were unable to include due to the budget constraints. In the 2025/26 Annual Plan a limited budget is available for surface and patching, and surface treatments. This additional funding will allow the next priority sites to be completed, as listed below:
2023 priorities - Partial resurfacing
| Priority | Scheme title | Type of works | Estimated budget £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kettering - A509 Pytchley Road | Partial resurfacing | 803,620 |
| 2 | Kettering - A4300 Stamford Road, Section 2 | Partial resurfacing | 338,854 |
| 3 | Rushden - Manor Road and Hall Avenue | Partial resurfacing | 330,750 |
| 4 | Mears Ashby - North Street and Wellingborough Road | Partial resurfacing | 401,580 |
| 5 | Rushden - A5028 Higham Road | Partial resurfacing | 381,240 |
| 6 | Rushden - Wymington Lane | Partial resurfacing | 117,900 |
| Total | 2,373,944 | ||
2023 Priorities - Surface dressing
| Priority | Scheme title | Type of works | Estimated budget £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duddington - A47 Wansford Road | Surface dressing | 216,296 |
| 2 | Ashton Wold - Oundle Road | Surface dressing | 296,688 |
| 3 | Lowick - A6116 Lowick Bypass | Surface dressing | 607,714 |
| 4 | Pipewell - Desborough Road | Surface dressing | 599,492 |
| 5 | Broughton - Old Road | Surface dressing | 304,394 |
| 6 | Bozeat - Harrold Road | Surface dressing | 238,640 |
| Total | 2,263,224 | ||
2023 priorities - Micro-asphalt
| Priority | Scheme title | Type of works | Estimated budget £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irthlingborough - Finedon Road | Micro surface treatment | 224,248 |
| 2 | Wollaston - York Road | Micro surface treatment | 147,976 |
| 3 | Barton Seagrave - Kielder Court | Micro surface treatment | 11,070 |
| 4 | Barton Seagrave - Epping Close | Micro surface treatment | 12,832 |
| 5 | Barton Seagrave - Delamere Drive | Micro surface treatment | 49,804 |
| 6 | Barton Seagrave - Salcey Close | Micro surface treatment | 10,372 |
| Total | 456,302 | ||
White Mills bridge deck replacement (£1.2m)
Replacement of weak bridge deck and resurfacing on Station Road, Earls Barton and bring it up to current design standards to take modern traffic loading and improve the vehicle restraint system. The bridge has a capacity of 7.5 Tonnes assessment live loading.
The bridge carries dump trucks hauling aggregates from the nearby quarry along Grendon Road and Station Road to the A45 and is economically important to the local area. The works would include the resurfacing of the road on either side to address surface defects largely caused by the HGV movements.
Irthlingborough Viaduct deck 7 waterproofing (£0.5m)
The start of phased re-waterproofing and expansion joint replacement of the reinforced concrete viaduct.
The viaduct was constructed in 1936 and is in relatively good condition but needs major works to preserve its integrity and ensure it is fully functional for many years to come.
Whilst work will be required for all 9 decks over the coming years, deck 7 is the priority as it has had repeated occurrences of damaging potholes developing.
Vehicle Activated Sign (VAS) replacement of existing sites (£0.27m)
We have 154 VAS signs on NNC asset list which were installed between 2005 and 2025 of which 122 have exceeded their expected end of life date. The aim is to replace non-functional or partially functional VAS’s with new more efficient signs displaying the same messages and retained at the same locations.
The £0.270m allocation represents 50% of the planned programme, with the remainder anticipated to come from a future Local Transport Grant allocation.
Closure of Hillside, Wellingborough for prevention of fly-tipping (£0.04m)
Partial closure of the road between residential properties and local business, thus improving quality of life in making the location feel safer. This location is consistently affected by fly-tipping offences due to its location adjacent to the A509 - Kettering Road.
In addition, to the fly tipping offences, it is also habitually used for other anti-social behaviour and crime.
Traffic calming and road safety measures outside Corby Household Waste Recycling Centre (£0.03m)
To introduce traffic calming and safety measures on Kettering Road in vicinity of the Corby Household Waste Recycling Centre.
This is to address ongoing issues around the access and queues on the highway leading to poor driving practices creating dangerous conditions.
Weekley section of Ise Valley Greenway (£0.08m)
A section of the Ise Valley Greenway in Weekley on Boughton Estates land. We have prices and the permission to do the necessary works on this section of the Ise Valley Greenway which was identified and subject to an interim design study in 2023.
It provides 600 metres of off-road safer access with stunning views of Boughton Estate, taking users off the A6003 by the busy roundabout and giving them direct access into Weekley, the Star Pond, the Tearoom and through the village to enhance not only the Greenway network but support the rural economy.
A509 Wilby Pedestrian Crossing (£0.35m)
The longstanding request to provide a controlled pedestrian crossing across the busy A509 would allow the residents of Wilby access to the amenities of Wellingborough on foot (particularly Sainsburys).
There are currently no alternatives on foot other than to cross the A509 and this may be resulting in an increased number of car trips.
Bus gate camera enforcement (£0.16m)
The project will to deliver two bus lane camera enforcement systems:
- Newland Street, Kettering
- Arnsley Road, Corby
The funding will cover all costs including:
- procurement of two individual systems
- installation of the cameras
- change to the Traffic Regulation Orders to ensure enforcement could take place successfully
- installation of compliant signage
Last updated 24 July 2025