A4500 Badgers End, Upton & Duston Mill Lane, Northampton - Prohibition of Motor Vehicles

WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

(A4500 BADGERS END, UPTON & DUSTON MILL LANE,

NORTHAMPTON) (PROHIBITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES) ORDER  2026

West Northamptonshire Council hereby gives notice that it proposes to make an Order under Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will be to:

Prohibit Motor Vehicles

Motor vehicles will be prohibited from entering or proceeding along the following lengths of road:

A4500 Badgers End (layby), Upton

From its eastern junction with the A4500 (Weedon Road), southwestwards for its entire length to its western junction with the A4500 (Weedon Road).

Duston Mill Lane, Northampton

From a point 112 metres southeast of its junction with Upton Way, south-eastwards to its termination.

Reason for the Proposal

The purpose of the Order is to prevent inappropriate motor vehicle use, improve safety, and protect the local environment and highway assets. A COPY of the proposed Order, together with plans showing the exact lengths of roads to which it relates and a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be inspected on the Council’s website at www.westnorthants.gov.uk (search traffic regulation orders) and may also be inspected at Kier Highways, Brixworth Depot, Old Harborough Road, Brixworth, Northants, NN6 9BX at a time and date specified by appointment only by calling 01604 529700.

MAKING REPRESENTATIONS OR OBJECTIONS Persons wishing to make comments, representations, or objections to the Order, must do so by sending them in writing to “the Traffic Orders Section, Kier Highways, Highways Depot, Old Harborough Road, Brixworth, NN6 9BX” or by email; WNCParkingenquiries@kier.co.uk by 12th March 2026.

Dated this 19th day of February 2026

SARAH HALL,

Corporate Director of Law and Governance (MO)  Ref – (P2108)