PART of the main road through Heckmondwike will be closed today and tomorrow for temporary safety measures to be installed following a fatal accident last month.

The section of Westgate from Regent Street to Market Street will be closed in the daytime for the work to take place. A diversion will be in place.

The works by Kirklees Council involve barriers to reduce the number of places were people can cross the busy main road, as well as a larger island between Royle Fold and Cemetery Road.

They aims to make it clearer for both drivers and pedestrians where there are crossing points and where extra care needs to be taken on the A638 which runs through the centre of the town.

The extra measures come after a recent accident where a 71-year-old man died.

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Philip Carlton died after being hit by a lorry in Heckmondwike town centre at the end of last month. Mr Carlton, a bus driver from Liversedge, was involved in a collision with the lorry in Westgate, and died at the scene.

He was the third pedestrian to be killed in a road traffic collision on that short stretch of road this year, leading to residents demanding that action be taken to avoid anymore deaths.

If successful, the new measures will be followed up with more permanent measures in the coming months.

But the Council has said that early indications suggest a formal crossing would not be feasible.