Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police secure £67,000 road safety funding
A West Yorkshire Police operation that has dealt with thousands of dangerous drivers in Leeds has been extended for another 12 months, thanks to a commitment of £67,000 in funding from Leeds City Council. Operation SPARC (Supporting Partnership Action to Reduce Road Casualties) was developed in partnership with West Yorkshire Police (Leeds District) in response […]
Leeds City Council unveils ambitious air quality strategy
Leeds City Council has proposed a new air quality strategy that will set stricter targets than national standards and aims to tackle emissions from homes, industry and agriculture as well as transport. Electric bin lorries, a public bike sharing scheme, enhanced enforcement of industrial emissions, citywide engagement, and planning policies requiring greener and better ventilated […]
Leeds City councillors support bid for ‘levelling up’ investment
Councillors in Leeds have reiterated their calls for £40m of government money to go towards “revolutionary” improvements to the city’s leisure services and West Leeds roads. The council is hoping to gain around £20m of funding each for two schemes, from the Government’s Levelling Up fund. The first proposal focuses on travel and environmental improvements to […]
Senior councillors in Leeds set to discuss ‘world class’ gateway highway schemes enabling further city centre transformation
Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will consider a report progressing further plans to transform transport in the city centre next week. It presents plans to enable the closure of City Square at the end of 2022 in readiness for the Year of Culture in 2023, plus the preliminary designs for the Armley Gyratory highway scheme. […]
Plans for new road that would connect Mirfield with Dewsbury with Leeds to be considered
Plans for a £13m roads scheme to connect Mirfield and Dewsbury with Leeds in an improved way, are set to be considered by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Proposals include junction upgrades, cycle and bus lanes and crossings, which will help alleviate commuter traffic on existing roads to the south of Leeds, according to council […]
Work starts on cycle way in Leeds that will form part of 500 miles of cycleways across the West Yorkshire region
Work has started in Leeds on the Dewsbury Road cycle lane that will form part of the Connecting Leeds scheme that aims to create 500 miles of safer cycling routes in the West Yorksgire region. The new segregated routes will be part of a regional network created through the CityConnect programme. This is part of […]