Road in Dewsbury closed for six months during rail upgrade work

The closure of part of Fall Lane and an additional part of Thornhill Road is also planned from March to June 2025.

Jonathan Hepton, project sponsor for TRU, said: "Great progress is already being made in Dewsbury, as we look to improve the speed of services through the area."

He said the road closures were necessary "to facilitate the next series of upgrades".

The Local Democracy Reporting Service[1] said signs and a diversion route would be in place while the work takes place.

In December 2023 the government pledged a further GBP3.9bn for the TRU project, which is expected to be completed in the 2030s, cutting journey times between Leeds and Manchester to about 42 minutes.[2]

First announced in 2011, work began in December 2021 and is expected to cost well in excess of GBP10bn - one of the biggest rail upgrades in the country.

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References

1. ^ Local Democracy Reporting Service (www.bbc.co.uk)
2. ^ 42 minutes. (www.bbc.co.uk)
3. ^ West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds (www.bbc.co.uk)
4. ^ episode of Look North (www.bbc.co.uk)
5. ^ we should be covering here, external (www.bbc.co.uk)