Plans to better connect town moving forward
PLANS TO transform the road network around Brighouse are moving forward with work taking place to develop the A641 improvement scheme.
The A641 is a key route through Brighouse that connects Huddersfield and Bradford, and Calderdale Council says it carries around 38,000 vehicles on an average day.
Proposals are now heading for full business case stage, following further approvals at the recent meeting of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Coun Jane Scullion, the council’s Cabinet member for Regeneration and Resources, said it means work can now begin to further develop preferred scheme options ahead of consultation exercises in 2021 with residents, businesses and other interested parties.
“The A641 through Brighouse is a busy road which suffers from a number of issues, including congestion and poor air quality,” she said.
“We want to help encourage a shift away from car use by improving facilities for cyclists and pedestrians and making bus travel a more attractive prospect.
“I’m pleased we can now move forward with plans for the project and start to develop detailed proposals which we’ll then share as part of consultation exercises.”
Transport-related issues currently experienced on the road include traffic congestion, poor air quality and a lack of facilities for cyclists and pedestrians.
The proposals should improve the flow of traffic and provide safe, convenient and enhanced access through Brighouse town centre and along the A641.
The scheme
will
include junction improvements, new cycleways and new link roads to better connect communities.
Improvements will aim to encourage walking, cycling and public transport as a viable alternatives to car use.
Coun Scullion said the scheme complements other projects in the south east Calderdale
area, including Clifton Business Park, the Brighouse town centre masterplan and garden suburb proposals. West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s West Yorkshire-plus Transport fund the scheme.
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