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.”