New images have been released showing how work around Halifax town centre will transform travel, with new safer ways for people to get around and welcoming areas into and around the town centre.
Calderdale Council is delivering the A629 phase 2 Halifax town centre project, an ambitious regeneration project which is fully funded through the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s West Yorkshire-plus Transport Fund.
New images illustrate how the project will create new public places, routes for safe and efficient travel, and new cycle routes.
Work on the project has been progressing well, with the first phase of work focused on the west of the town. Work at Bull Green, Northgate, Broad Street and Skircoat Road will allow for improvements including new pedestrian facilities and cycle lanes. The work is delivering improvements for driving, with new efficient road layouts and upgraded signals that will work together to make sure traffic keeps moving when it gets busy.
One of the most visible first changes has been the removal of the roundabout at Bull Green, in preparation for the new junction. The new junction will create a more efficient layout and allow for the planting of trees and landscaping, improving the area for people walking into the town centre. Work has started to improve the route for people travelling from Halifax Bus Station and the north of the town, into the town centre.
Construction work is being carried out by Galliford Try. Work will be completed in three parts; western, eastern and central; with work on each section to run consecutively to minimise disruption.
Members of the Galliford Try team are in Halifax Borough Market (between Urban Burrito and Toffee Smiths) every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am-1pm to help answer questions about the project.
Images below show how some of the work will look when completed. You can read more about the project on the council’s Next Chapter website.
The new layout from the corner of Albion Street and Market Street. Bollards reserve access to Market Street for people.
The new layout outside The Victoria Theatre with cycle routes and crossings.
The new layout at Cow Green has larger footways and clear routes for all road users.
The new layout on Broad Street to the north of the town centre with new cycle routes, crossings, and access to the bus station.
The new junction and welcoming gateway at Bull Green.
The new layout creates a new welcoming gateway to The Piece Hall, Square Chapel and the town centre from the railway station.
