Local residents express concern over the lack of suitable diversion routes provided during the nine-month closure of the Birkby Bradley Greenway in Kirklees.
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In this issue
Another Walking & Cycling Networks event with speakers from Sustrans. Online on 24th January
Conference report
Cycle Kirklees responds to 4 more consultations
Comment on Blueprints for Holmfirth & Batley town centres
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Cycle Kirklees supported proposed changes in the recent consultations about the future of Batley Town centre. The town centre is a busy shopping area with cafes, takeaways and links to Tesco supermarket. At times traffic creates unpleasant air quality and antisocial parking often takes up space on the footways.
The A641 scheme brings lots of benefits to Brighouse, with significant use of separated 2-way cycle tracks creating the start of a cohesive network including a parallel new greenway (parallel to and in a main road corridor) and CYCLOPS junctions.
Cycle Kirklees’ submission on the Huddersfield Railway Station Connections consultation commends plans to improve routes to Birkby, Greenhead Park and Leeds Road but makes some key reservations. Firstly there is an absence of plans to connect the new routes to key destinations (e.g. Trinity Street to Greenhead College and routes to Birkby and the Birkby…