Sustainability is at the heart of The Steadings ethos and a host of different services and facilities will be within easy walking distance of the new homes, encouraging residents out of their cars and onto the extensive network of footpaths and cycleways.
The Steadings will contain a network of footpaths and cycleways linking individual areas and making them easily accessible to all residents, along with a range of street types with a heirarchy considering pedstrians, cyclists, public transport and specialist service vehicles, all as a priority over cars.
The new networks and facilities will help with encouraging residents to make sustainable travel choices, a bus service will follow a route directly through the site with a number of stops located within the new neighbourhood, while connecting to the town centre and beyond.
Vehicle speed in the development will be kept low, so that streets and junctions will be useable and enjoyable public spaces, designed to ensure they are secure and safe spaces for all users.
The Steadings offers the ideal opportunity for the promotion and delivery of sustainable transport initiatives, the footpaths and cycleways will be complemented by bus connections and the neighbourhood square could home a Mobility Hub and support bike share schemes.
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