Rights of Way Improvement Plans contributing to Local Authority plans and strategies
The importance of the contribution Rights of Way can have to transport planning is recognised in the ROWIPs development as a daughter document to the Local Transport Plan for Merseyside (LTP), however the greatest opportunities for ROWIPs can be explored through their integration with a wide area of Local Authority and private sector activity including: community strategies, healthy living agendas, leisure and recreation agendas, peoples agendas, tourism agendas, planning agendas and transport planning.
The Relationship between ROWIPs and other Local Authority plans and strategies
Public Rights of Way are a key ingredient in the development of an integrated transport network, which provide:
- Safe, traffic free routes;
- Access opportunities for functional and recreational journeys;
- Inclusive access for all;
- Sustainable transport opportunities;
- Links and connectivity to the wider transport network such as cycle routes, highways and public transport.
Public Rights of Way can also contribute to the following LTP and LTP related objectives:
- Accessibility
- Air quality
- Congestion
- Environmental Sustainability
- Health
- Quality of life
- Road safety
- Sustainable transport
- Tourism
The development of ROWIPs and the importance attached to their potential in delivering LTP objectives has been building momentum:
- The recent Eddington transport study identified that the delivery of small local scale schemes promoting and developing walking and cycling infrastructure enhance local travel networks, represent excellent value for money and have a positive impact for local people and their access to jobs, goods and services.
- From this year onwards the Department for Transport require LTP progress reports to highlight the contribution ROWIPs have in delivering LTP objectives.
