Heckmondwike Bus Hub
After a long long fight the decision to start on Heckmondwike Bus Station was agreed by the Kirklees Cabinet yesterday. The fight has been a long one and compromises had to be made along the way, the Heckmondwike Councillors took the decision that the Bus Station was a high priority and should not be held up waiting for the funding to move the Library was in place (we have a Library at the moment, we don't have a bus station).
We have to give our thanks to Eric Firth who is the Labour Member for Kirklees at Metro, he worked hard to convince Metro to keep faith with the project, when they were looking for schemes to cut.
The design approved by the local labour councillors looks to creating another events space to compliment the Green, hoping to bring more events and trade into the town. It is intended to start work this summer and to open next spring, but we will be looking for any opportunity to speed up the work.
