A £4.5m scheme is to be unveiled which is designed to ease congestion on Halifax Road near Calderdale Royal Hospital.
The scheme, which will take in Salterhebble and run right through to the outskirts of Halifax town centre will be shown to the public next week. Work will take around nine months to complete.
The project on the A629 will be from Jubilee Road at the bottom of Salterhebble Hill through to Free School Lane which is next to the Tesco Express store at the turn-off for the Shay stadium.
The public event, which is being held between 3pm and 8pm on Wednesday, October 28 at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road in Skircoat, will be an opportunity for residents and businesses to view the scheme design, talk to council officers and ask questions about the plans.
The proposals include widening the highway and upgrading the traffic lights system to reduce journey times, ease traffic flow and improve air quality. There will also be improvements for pedestrians and cyclists.
Calderdale Council’s Leader Clr Tim Swift said: “This is one of the busiest stretches of highway in Calderdale, leading to and from the M62, and it’s frequently very congested with lots of standing traffic. Our forecasts show that the problem will only get worse unless we take action now.
“We’re very excited to be able to share these plans with residents and local businesses and to hear their views. This is one of the first schemes which are planned using the West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund, which is going to bring major economic benefits to Calderdale and the region by providing significant improvements to our road and rail network.”
Subject to approval, work is scheduled to start on site in autumn 2016. Construction will be phased along the road and is estimated to take around nine months.
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Work on the stretch of highway just over a mile long will be wholly funded by the West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund, subject to approval by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
This is the first phase of a wider transport strategy, which includes proposals to improve the flow of traffic through Halifax town centre and the Calder and Hebble junction.
