Multi-million bus boost given green light

Oct 21 2008 by Emma Davison, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A MULTI-MILLION- pound scheme to improve Heckmondwike town centre has been given the go-ahead.

The move, deemed the ‘icing on the cake’ of a massive regeneration scheme for the town, will see £5.8m spent on a state-of-the-art library and information centre and also a bus centre to help improve the town’s transport links.

The plan has just been approved by Kirklees Council’s Cabinet.

The council will be pumping £5m into the project earmarked for Northgate, with West Yorkshire passenger transport watchdog Metro investing £850,000 in the bus centre.

Also, a new health centre is planned on Firth Street.

The latest cash boost brings the total planned investment in the transformation of the town, known as the Heckmondwike Revival drive, to £11m.

Over the last three years the town’s regeneration has been a key priority for the council and there have been a number of projects to boost the town.