Kirklees Metropolitan borough council is responsible for local transport in Huddersfield. Since 1997, Kirklees has not submitted any requests for funding to this Department for new local major road schemes. However, in September 2007, Ministers agreed to provide £15 million for a scheme to repair nine bridges and 3.5 km of retaining walls on the highway maintained by Kirklees metropolitan borough council.
The following table shows the funding through the Local Transport Plan (LTP) settlement that has been allocated to Kirklees metropolitan borough council since 1997. It is for Kirklees metropolitan borough council to determine how its LTP allocation is spent, in line with the LTP for West Yorkshire and local priorities.
Capital highway maintenance Integrated block Total Major schemes 1998-99 1.374 1.418 2.792 0 1999-2000 3.752 1.468 5.220 0 2000-01 6.227 6.227 0 2001-02 6.163 4.350 10.513 0 2002-03 6.405 3.746 10.151 0 2003-04 6.646 3.529 10.175 0 2004-05 8.398 3.554 11.952 0 2005-06 8.343 3.465 11.808 0 2006-07 5.851 3.837 9.688 2.098 2007-08 8.319 3.271 11.590 3.122 Note: The major scheme total for 2006-07 includes expenditure incurred by the authority prior to the approval of their scheme which is to be reimbursed to the authority. The 2007-08 figure is the current forecast expenditure.