Work starts on village traffic calming measures

The Northampton North-West Relief Road will link the A428 Harlestone Road with the A5199 Welford Road

Traffic calming measures are being built in a village so a new £54.5m relief road can open.

West Northamptonshire Council said the work, part of the required planning conditions, had started in Boughton as part of the Northampton North-West Relief Road.

The road has been designed to support major housing developments in the area including Buckton Fields, Dallington Grange and Northampton West and to ease congestion.

The work was expected to be completed by the end of the year and the relief road was due to open in early 2026.

It will link the A428 Harlestone Road with the A5199 Welford Road - two major routes into Northampton.

Persimmon Homes was responsible for the Harlestone Road to Grange Farm section and West Northamptonshire Council built the remaining stretch, including a bridge over the railway and a new river crossing near Welford Road.

Reform UK councillor Richard Butler, cabinet member for highways and transport, said the road was built to serve the housing developments and to ease congestion.

"The traffic calming measures in Boughton are an important step in making sure the surrounding communities are protected from knock-on effects," he added.