Strict controls on street drinking will be extended to cover the Real Ale Trail route.
And it could mean £100 fines being handed out to revellers heading for rail stations through the Colne Valley and Huddersfield.
Anyone caught drinking on streets along the route of the Ale Trail could be handed a fine if new proposals are backed.
The Ale Trail has attracted notoriety in recent years, with hundreds of people descending on places such as Marsden and Slaithwaite by train to drink in pubs.
Kirklees Council’s Cabinet will next week consider extending Public Space Protection Orders along the rail route – plus extending the existing street drinking control zones to cover three town centres.
Stricter rules about public urination will also be considered, plus there could be changes to dog control orders to include a restriction on multiple dog walking due to what Kirklees Council has described as the “increasing problems” caused by commercial dog walkers.
Council papers say it will help them “address anti-social behaviour in public spaces” adding: “We are proposing to use the new Public Space Protection Orders to extend the controls on street drinking to cover the route of the Ale Trail as well as the existing control zones of Huddersfield town centre, Dewsbury town centre and Batley.
“It will allow West Yorkshire Police to respond to the identified concerns along the route of the so-called Ale Trail.”
If backed, anyone caught drinking in banned zones will be handed a fixed penalty notice of £100, which will be reduced to £60 if pair early.
If it’s not paid the person may face prosecution. However, Kirklees has introduced a ‘good citizen’ course that may be offered an alternative.
If Cabinet back the plans, it will mean a public consultation over summer before any new orders are introduced in October 2015.
Kirklees will need to spend £10,000 on the legal steps to allow enforcement and they say income from fines will be spent on managing the process.
The Ale Trail has become a common feature on the TransPennine line since it featured in a TV series - with revellers stopping at Stalybridge, Greenfield, Marsden, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, Mirfield, Dewsbury and Batley stations for a drink in a local pub.
But while it’s attracted plenty of punters, it has also brought anti-social behaviour with it with persistent complaints about unruly behaviour including offensive language, public urination and drinking on the streets.
It has led to West Yorkshire Police stepping up patrols, but anti-social problems persist.
