£16m road scheme linking Dewsbury and Bradford moves to next stage of development

A £16 million scheme to improve links between Bradford and Dewsbury will progress to the next stage after going before a board of Councillors.
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Members of West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Investment Committee have agreed to provide £80,000 funding to draw up a business case for the A638 works.

The scheme will see a new bus hub created in the centre of Heckmondwike, improvements to the Spen Valley Greenway, a major walking and cycling route in the area, and bus priority measures on the route.

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Members were told the route was one of the most congested in the area – but the work could make it a “key corridor for growth.”

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A638 in Dewsbury

The new bus hub would have greater capacity, allowing more efficient bus travel.

Funding will come from the Government’s Transforming Cities Fund – and work will be finished by March 2023.

Highlights of the proposals include:

– a major upgrade of the bus hub in Heckmondwike, currently little more than a collection of bus stops

– the widening of the Spen Valley Greenway, new lighting on the route and new links to neighbouring areas

– bus priority schemes along the route

– better pedestrian and cycle crossing points