Social distancing measures and queuing areas introduced in Calderdale town centre

Halifax town centre will look very different from today as non essential shops get set to open their doors for the first time since March.
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Calderdale Council is introducing measures to support social distancing and allow for queuing areas in town centres across the borough.

From Monday 15 June non-essential retailers are able to reopen, provided they meet the COVID-19 secure guidelines.

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This includes shops selling clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, books and electronics, and tailors, auction houses and photography studios.

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Halifax town centre

Halifax Borough Market and Todmorden Market Hall will also be open for the sale of non-essential as well as essential items.

What is being introduced in town centres?

HALIFAX

The Council is introducing temporary street closures and removing some on-street parking bays in areas of towns across the borough.

In Halifax, the bus stops and taxi rank on Market Street outside the market and Tesco will be moved.

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The taxi rank will be relocated to Westgate entrance of The Piece Hall and the bus stop relocated to in front of Princess Buildings at Northgate.

On-street parking bays will also be out of action on Old Market, outside McDonald’s and Subway, allowing for increased room for pedestrians

Existing pedestrian areas on Southgate, Corn Market, Russell Street, Crown Street and Cheapside will have loading time restrictions maintained, with the roads completely closed to vehicles between 10am and 4pm, seven days a week.

HEBDEN BRIDGE

Old Gate will be closed to traffic. Loading will be allowed before 10am and after 4pm. All parking bays on Crown Street will be closed off.

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Parking and loading bays on Commercial Street in Brighouse will also be removed, and Water Street in Todmorden will be closed to traffic up to the junction with Dale Street, with loading allowed before 10am and after 4pm.

SOWERBY BRIDGE

Hollins Mill Lane will be closed completely 24/7 to through traffic at the western end.

All businesses will retain full two-way access.

This will allow more space for walking and cycling to and from the town, and to link up with the canal towpath and the Route 66 and 68 cycle paths.

All the changes are temporary, but will be in place until at least the end of July.

The effectiveness of the measures will be regularly assessed and further schemes will follow where appropriate as the COVID-19 recovery process continues.