Huddersfield Southern Corridors (HSC)
The southern corridors to Huddersfield experience delays, queuing traffic, and limited facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. These routes are often severely congested at peak times, which makes travel difficult, and travel times unreliable and slow. The scheme aims to reduce congestion, reduce travel times, improve air quality and enhance public realm.
Plans have been developed to improve four key locations on busy routes to the south of Huddersfield town centre. The four locations are:
- Folly Hall - A616 Lockwood Road / Chapel Hill junction with B6432 Colne Road and St Thomas' Road
- Queensgate - Huddersfield Ring Road, linking to Cross Church Street and Shorehead Roundabout.
- Lockwood Bar - A616 Lockwood Road / Bridge Street / Lockwood Bar / Albert Street / Crowther Street
- Longroyd Lane - A62 Manchester Road junction with Longroyd Lane and B6432 St Thomas' Road
Lockwood Bar
Plans
- The proposed plan for Lockwood Bar has been developed to reduce the amount of traffic flow through the community area. To do this, vehicle turns between Lockwood Road and Bridge Street will be limited to bus and cycles only, and we will be relocating the existing pelican crossing to the junction.
- Some traffic will be diverted between Bridge Street and Lockwood Road as we add a new link road between Lockwood Road and Albert Street. Overall enhancements include carriageway and footway resurfacing, introduction of cycle infrastructure and landscaping. This will bring overall improvements to the area by promoting active travel by cycling, walking and use of public transport.
Benefits
- Redesigned junction to help improve traffic flow.
- Better journey times through Lockwood Bar.
- Improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
- Carriageway resurfacing and footway resurfacing.
- Better air quality for the local community.
Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO) plans for the proposals
Please review the proposed TRO plans and if you have any comments, please share them with us by emailing Ayoob.Akhtar@kirklees.gov.uk.
Queensgate and Shorehead roundabout
The series of extensive works included resurfacing the carriageways, replacing existing kerbing, improving the central reservation, and upgrading traffic signals and pedestrian crossings.
Work was carried out on both sides of the carriageway from Albert Street to Shorehead Roundabout, including the roundabout circulatory, and a short length of Southgate.
Work was completed in September 2024.
A further scheme on Queensgate to make additional improvements to cycling and walking infrastructure is currently paused.
Folly Hall
The construction of Folly Hall and improvements on Queen Street South began in 2021 and were completed in 2023. Works included improvements at the junction to Colne Road and St. Thomas Road, to help reduce peak time traffic and improve journey times. The right turn out of Colne Road was removed, and an alternative route created along Queen Street South. This phase was completed with resurfacing of the highway and footpaths.
Diversion and traffic management
To ensure improvements are completed safely and efficiently, some diversion routes and traffic management will be in place. These may change as work progresses, but all diversion routes are clearly sign posted. For the latest updates and to plan your journey use the national roadworks map, just search the affected roads to see planned works up to 12 months in advance.
Consultation
A local public consultation was held in November 2022. The results can be viewed at Huddersfield Southern Corridors - Your Voice
