Recycling centre to move for railway upgrade work

The recycling centre in Dewsbury is to move to a different part of the site

A waste and recycling centre in Dewsbury is to be relocated from one side of its current site to the other so work can be carried out on a nearby railway track.

It comes after the council-run Weaving Lane site was acquired by Network Rail as part of its multibillion-pound Transpennine route upgrade.

The firm said the move was necessary so engineers could access the railway line to build a new retaining wall and create space for new tracks.

The centre was expected to be closed on Sunday 30 November while containers and facilities were moved to the other side of the current site, and it was due to reopen in its new location on Monday 1 December, according to Kirklees Council.

Access to the new location would still be through Thornhill Road and Weaving Lane, but visitors would need to turn left after the entrance gates instead of right, a council spokesperson said.

'Easier and safer'

Tyler Hawkins, cabinet member for highways and waste, said: "This has been a fantastic opportunity to deliver real improvements to recycling facilities in Kirklees.

"The new layout will provide a more accessible facility over two levels with additional parking, making it much easier and safer for the public to access the containers and dispose of their household waste."

Andrew Campbell, Transpennine route upgrade sponsor, said the work would enable the firm "to press ahead with plans to install more tracks throughout this section of railway and beyond so that faster, more frequent, services can run in the future.

"The Transpennine route upgrade will deliver improved rail journeys across the North, and our ongoing collaboration with Kirklees Council is vital."

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