Extra bus shelters are being installed in Halesowen due to public demand as the £30m redevelopment of the bus station and town centre continues.

Centro is installing shelters, which will provide extra cover for passengers during the development, which will bring a huge Asda and state-of-the-art new £3.5m bus station to the town.

Andrew Middleton, Assistant Director for Centro said: "We welcome feedback from the public following the closure of Halesowen bus station.

"We've taken on board people's comments and are pleased to be able to provide bus users with these extra shelters while work to redevelop the town centre continues.

"We'd like to thank local residents and visitors to Halesowen for their patience during these works to provide the area with a modern and attractive town centre together with Vale Retail and Dudley Council."

An extra bus shelter has been put on the town side of the Queensway - called stand J.

Bus services 9 and 9c to Stourbridge, 138 to Russells Hall Hospital and 139 to the Merry Hill Centre will now stop there instead of at stand H.

Another shelter is going in on Andrew Road after passengers said there was not enough room for waiting bus users under the existing shelter, and another has been ordered for Church Croft.

A new bus information board will be put on the High Street with details about services.

A new temporary traffic calming speed limit of 20mph has also been put in place by Dudley Council, from Queensway to the Hagley Road island.

The temporary bus stop locations came into affect in March following the closure of the old bus station so Vale Retail could start work on the new lower level shop units below.

Once this phase is complete, Centro, together with West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority, is hoping to start work on the new £3.5 million bus station in autumn.

Visit www.networkwestmidlands.com/ halesowen for information