Traffic using the Godley cutting near Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, UK. This is the main road linking Halifax with Leeds and Bradford. Motorists on the A58 in Halifax can now travel safely without fear of rocks falling on live traffic. Rockfall has long been a problem on a stretch of the A58 that passes through the 10m to 15m high, steep-sided Godley Cutting, near Halifax. Local highways authority Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) has decided to take action and invested in several prevention measures to eliminate this risk.


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