Transport Strategy
The transport strategy is a framework to guide the development
of transport improvements across the Borough for the period up to
2026. It identifies priority schemes and projects that are
deliverable, but their timing is dependent on the availability of
resources. It is therefore a fluid document which will be used to
lobby for transport improvements and support bids for funding and
can be adjusted in line with resource availability. It aims to
deliver a transport vision that:
“By 2026, Rochdale Borough will have a safe, affordable,
sustainable, reliable, accessible and integrated transport network
that offers travel choice, serves its communities, tackles air
quality and climate change, enhances social inclusion, public
health and supports the regeneration of the local area”
The strategy is critical in enabling the Council and its
partners to achieve its, economic, social, regeneration and
environmental objectives. It will primarily support, guide and be
developed further through future Local Transport Plans (LTP) and
the Local Development Framework (LDF). It will also support the
delivery of other strategies and programmes, including the
Community Strategy ‘Pride of Place 2‘, the Borough Masterplan, the
Borough’s Economic Development, Infrastructure and Investment and
Health Strategies. It also considers the impacts of “Building
Schools for the Future” and the re-organisation of hospital
services "Healthy Futures" both of which will heavily influence
future travel patterns, as well as transport and network management
policies in the North West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS).
Rochdale Borough
Transport Strategy, June 2010 (3993kb pdf file)