Post by SF07 on Feb 9, 2010 22:25:19 GMT 1
Kirklees Council have come up with plans to build a bus lane on Manchester Road heading out of Huddersfield. The lane will run from the ring road to Longroyd Bridge, which is 600m long and will cost £950,000. Routes that would use it are 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 303, 304, 328, 353, 356, 357, 363, 393, 394 and 395.
Locals aren't happy cos they say it isn't worth the money, but the council and First have said that "a bus-only lane would save a minimum of two minutes per journey at peak times, in the morning and late afternoon."
Work on the bus lane will start in June and will also see new traffic lights, CCTV, real-time bus information at bus shelters and £250,000 of road surfacing.
www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/02/06/huddersfield-bus-lane-plan-not-welcomed-86081-25773547/
Having travelled on Manchester Road at peak times on the 184, I would have to agree with the locals. It is a lot of money for something that isn't that necessary. You do get held up on traffic on Manchester Road until the Blackmoorfoot Road junction and be about 5 mins late in the end, but usually the buses make up for it later on in the route.
Locals aren't happy cos they say it isn't worth the money, but the council and First have said that "a bus-only lane would save a minimum of two minutes per journey at peak times, in the morning and late afternoon."
Work on the bus lane will start in June and will also see new traffic lights, CCTV, real-time bus information at bus shelters and £250,000 of road surfacing.
www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/02/06/huddersfield-bus-lane-plan-not-welcomed-86081-25773547/
Having travelled on Manchester Road at peak times on the 184, I would have to agree with the locals. It is a lot of money for something that isn't that necessary. You do get held up on traffic on Manchester Road until the Blackmoorfoot Road junction and be about 5 mins late in the end, but usually the buses make up for it later on in the route.
