Plans for bus gates in Huddersfield town centre face some opposition.

Kirklees Council wants to alter parking arrangements in the town centre and introduce bus gates that will restrict parts of the town to some vehicles.

Westgate, Kirkgate, Market Street and High Street are all part of the plans.

The authority argues the £1.2m scheme will improve bus punctuality and increase the safety of pedestrians.

It also means changes to parking spaces, waiting and loading restrictions, new loading bays, widening of footpaths and the relocation of some bus stops and shelters.

Cameras will monitor use of the roads affected with fines for anyone caught flouting the new rules.

But one town centre business, which the council has not named, has objected to the plan.

The objection focuses on proposals for bus gates in St George’s Square, which they feel will pose a danger to all traffic using Station Street and increase traffic using the road, affecting their business.

The firm also says it may impact elderly visitors who need to be picked up and dropped off.

The council, however, says that the waiting restrictions will not alter and that it will be possible for people to be dropped off or picked up on double yellow lines.

Kirklees, in a report to the Cabinet Local Issues panel that will rule on the proposal, says: “The scheme is intended to reduce the amount of traffic passing through Huddersfield town centre.

“If the objection is upheld the overall effectiveness of the scheme will be compromised and the anticipated benefits to bus punctuality and public safety will not be met.”

Kirklees says its plans received front page coverage in the Examiner, yet it prompted just one objection.

The council’s report says if they back-track on plans for St George’s Square it will add to the congestion.

Four Cabinet members will, on Wednesday, have to rule on the proposal and can decide to implement it or agree to maintain the status quo on Station Street.