Commercial Road And Huddersfield Road, Skelmanthorpe - Introduce The Following Traffic Calming Features
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KIRKLEES COUNCIL
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 – SECTION 90 A-F
COMMERCIAL ROAD AND HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, SKELMANTHORPE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Kirklees Council propose to introduce the following traffic calming features on Commercial Road and Huddersfield Road Skelmanthorpe.
Feature 1 of 7 – A set of three speed cushions on Huddersfield Road, with tapered sides separated by 0.775m distances, each being 75mm high, 3.5m long and 1.6m wide, including 0.6m long / 1:8 ramps, positioned centrally between house number 98 and 100
Feature 2 of 7 – A flat-top road hump on Huddersfield Road, with tapered sides being 75mm high and 9m long, including 1.5m long / 1:20 ramps, positioned centrally between house number 80 and 82
Feature 3 of 7 – A flat-top road hump on Huddersfield Road, with tapered sides being 75mm high and 4.75m long, including 1.125m long / 1:20 ramps, positioned centrally between house number 64 and 66
Feature 4 of 7 – A flat-top road hump on Huddersfield Road, with tapered sides being 75mm high and 4.75m long, including 1.125m long / 1:20 ramps, positioned from a point 5.0m southeast from the boundary of house number 48a and 52.
Feature 5 of 7 – A flat-top road hump on Huddersfield Road, with tapered sides being 75mm high and 4.75m long, including 1.125m long / 1:20 ramps, positioned from a point 8.0m east from the boundary of house number 36 and 38.
Feature 6 of 7 – A flat-top road hump on Commercial Road, with tapered sides being 75mm high and 4.75m long, including 1.125m long / 1:20 ramps, positioned from a point 6.0m east from the gable end of house number 26.
Feature 7 of 7 – A set of two speed cushions on Commercial Road, with tapered sides separated by 1.0m distance, each being 75mm high, 3.5m long and 1.6m wide, including 0.6m long / 1:8 ramps, positioned centrally between house number 46 and 48
A copy of the plan showing the locations and dimensions of the proposed traffic calming features, along with statements of reasons for proposing them, may be inspected at:-
• Online: http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/trafficregulation
• By emailing highways.TRO@kirklees.gov.uk
If you wish to object to these proposed measures, you should send the grounds for your objection to:
• by email: TRO.Objections@kirklees.gov.uk; or
• by post to TRO Objections, Kirklees Council Legal Services, PO Box 1720, Huddersfield HD1 9EL
Objections must be sent no later than 26 January 2026, and please ensure you quote reference DEV/HG/D126-241
Dated this 22 December 2025
Samantha Lawton – Service Director – Legal, Governance and Commissioning, Kirklees Council, Legal Services, PO Box 1720, Huddersfield HD1 9EL
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