Armley Gyratory highways construction enters next phase to replace footbridges
The removal of the Spence Lane footbridge over the Armley Gyratory is to begin later this month. This is the first of three footbridges around the Gyratory which will be removed and replaced with new footbridges with more accessible footways, set to complete next year. Built in the early 1970’s the fifty-year-old footbridges, starting with […]
Leeds City Council Leader calls for urgent support for frontline local council services amid rising budget concerns nationally
The Leader of Leeds City Council has called for urgent action to be taken to support local council services amid rising concerns and uncertainty around budgets around the country as the council sets out to save nearly £60million in its 2024/25 budget. The position in Leeds reflects challenges being faced nationwide, especially in children and […]
Harewood Bridge successfully re-opens ahead of schedule after essential maintenance works
Leeds City Council has announced that Harewood Bridge has successfully re-opened ahead of schedule after essential maintenance works From around lunchtime on Friday 18 August Harewood Bridge will fully reopen to vehicles after completing the essential maintenance works ahead of schedule, originally planned for Thursday 24 August. Leeds City Council along with construction partner Balfour […]
New data shows continued improvement in Leeds air quality
Levels of air pollution in Leeds have not returned to pre-pandemic levels and continue their long-term decline as a result of citywide action, new air quality data published by Leeds City Council on Clean Air Day confirms. The council says changing travel behaviours, a faster than average transition to plug-in vehicles, and major highways improvements […]
Leeds City Council’s executive board to discuss progress on the Connecting Leeds transport strategy
Senior councillors in Leeds are to discuss how the Connecting Leeds transport strategy actions and the successful delivery of the public transport investment are transforming travel across the area. Next Wednesday’s (8 February) Executive Board meeting is to hear how a record amount of work has been completed under the banner of the Connecting Leeds […]
Consultation opened into active travel improvements on key road in Leeds
Connecting Leeds, Leeds City Council’s Highways and Transport team, is asking for people’s thoughts on proposed improvements to the A660. The £10.4million plans, funded by Active Travel England, focus on the A-road from Shaw Lane junction (home to restaurants Salvo’s and Heaney & Mill) up to St Mark’s Road in Woodhouse (near to the University […]
Connecting Leeds £270 million investment in the transport network completed
Work to transform transport and travel around Leeds has been completed following the £270 million Leeds Transport Investment Programme. After the start of the programme in 2018, the vision for Connecting Leeds was to deliver a transformational change in the transport network and connectivity across Leeds and the wider region, helping to bring people, places, […]
Councillors endorse the Leeds Safe Roads Vision Zero 2040 Strategy
Councillors of Leeds City Council Executive Board have confirmed support to adopt a new Leeds Safe Roads Vision Zero 2040 Strategy. In March 2022 Leeds Safe Roads Partnership, chaired by Leeds City Council, launched a consultation that asked the people of Leeds to comment on a strategy, developed by the Leeds Safe Roads Partnership, to […]
East Leeds Orbital Route fully opened
The East Leeds Orbital Route, the biggest infrastructure project undertaken by Leeds City Council for fifty years, since the completion of the Leeds Inner Ring Road, has now been fully completed and is open to traffic. This new route will become the new outer ring road in northeast Leeds and is expected to ease congestion […]
Leeds City Square preliminary highway works to begin
It’s been announced preliminary works to transform Leeds City Square into what the council calls “a more people-first environment” will begin next month. The traffic management works will divert all through-traffic away from City Square, ahead of its permanent closure to traffic in February 2023 – helping to create what’s aimed to be “a world-class […]
