Category Archives: Roads and Highways

Nearly 200 people went to a drop-in session this week to find out more about plans for a road scheme to ease congestion on the A629 between Jubilee Road and the junction with Free School Lane in Halifax  The session at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Skircoat, gave local residents and businesses the chance to look… read more … about Local people have their say on plan to tackle A629 traffic>>

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Over £200,000 of essential maintenance work will begin on the A646 Market Street and Bridge Lanes in Hebden Bridge on 26 October 2015. The full carriageway will be resurfaced, all existing road markings will be replaced and any ironwork, such as utility covers, will be adjusted or renewed. Calderdale Council’s Director of Economy and Environment,… read more … about £200,000 improvements for Hebden Bridge highway>>

Road works signage

The way traffic and parking schemes are assessed by Calderdale Council could soon be changing as the Council’s Cabinet discusses ways to improve the existing process. The Highways service deals with a large number of requests from residents about traffic and parking issues, which have to be prioritised. To make sure these are dealt with… read more … about Managing highways requests>>

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You may have noticed some new additions to Calderdale’s roads in the last week, as eye-catching new boundary signs have been popping up across the borough. Six new signs have been installed featuring photographs of Calderdale, giving visitors a taste of the beautiful landscape that the area has to offer. The signs have been designed… read more … about A new welcome to Calderdale>>

Calderdale residents have the chance to find out more about the roll out of 20mph speed limits in the borough, as the Love Our Streets campaign visits the Todmorden Fire Station Open Day this Saturday.  Love Our Streets will see 20mph speed limits introduced in residential streets throughout Calderdale by 2017. The limits are already… read more … about Love Our Streets hit the road>>

Love Our Streets

A new road built as part of the Sowerby Bridge Copley Valley development scheme opened today – Monday 27 July.  The road, linking Hollas Lane with Fall Lane is a major milestone in the Council inspired development scheme, which will also ‘unlock’ 7 hectares of brownfield land. The works were carried out by Buckingham Group… read more … about New road opens in development scheme>>

Sowerby Bridge link road