Huddersfield Civic Society welcomes the government’s recent decision to proceed with spending £1.4billion between now and 2029 on rebuilding the Huddersfield to Westtown, Dewsbury section of the Transpennine rail route.
Sometimes as chairman of Huddersfield Civic Society I’m reminded of those words from Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’.
We’ve had a great response for our evening visit to Halifax but below are details of other opportunities and consultations that are emerging from various organisations and from progress in relation to Kirklees Council’s town centre blueprint.
It has, perhaps, been a relatively quiet month as we await news from many areas of interest, for example the outcome of the trans-Pennine rail upgrade enquiry.