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Everything you need to know about council parking charges resuming
Charges for Leeds City Council car parks and on-street parking will resume from Saturday 4th July 2020, with some important changes in place.
City Centre Parking
Payment via the…
Council allows temporary safety screens to be installed in taxis in response to…
Leeds City Council is allowing taxi and private hire drivers to install temporary safety screens in vehicles in response to the Covid-19 emergency.
The council has a very strict policy on…
Government urged to commit to HS2 East to boost capacity, connectivity, and COVID-19…
Council leaders and businesses along HS2’s proposed eastern leg are calling for the Government to commit to progressing it at the same time as the western leg – aiding economic recovery…
Building work for Elland Road park and ride expansion begins
Construction work to create an extra 550 spaces to Elland Road park and ride has started.
The Council’s Connecting Leeds programme is set to create an additional 2,000 park and ride…
Senior councillors in Leeds to agree bus priority measures along the A61 North and…
Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss an update on the plan to transform transport and travel in and around the city at a meeting next week.
At the council’s executive board on…
Over 15,000 responses to Connecting Leeds transport plans
The first two phases of consultation and engagement on the plans to transform transport and travel in Leeds resulted in more than 15,000 responses being received.
The second phase of the…
Statement by Leader of Leeds City Council following meeting with rail operators
Commenting on this morning’s appearance of representatives from Network Rail, Northern and TransPennine at today’s West Yorkshire Combined Authority meeting.
Councillor Judith Blake,…
Deadline extended for public feedback on Connecting Leeds transport plans
The latest stage of the public engagement on plans to help transform transport and travel in and around Leeds is being extended.
The engagement and consultation on the plans which include…
Council chiefs to discuss transport and Connecting Leeds investment progress
Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss a progress update on the plan to transform transport and travel in and around the city at a meeting next week.
At the meeting of the council’s…
Scheme to reduce congestion on M62 to begin next week
Drivers will benefit from reduced congestion on a busy West Yorkshire motorway as major work to improve two key junctions begins on the M62 next week.
The roundabouts and slip roads at…
Update statement by Leader of Leeds City Council on rail services review
West Yorkshire leader demands words are turned into action on Northern rail in meeting with minister.
Following yesterday's meeting of the Transport for the North partnership board,…
West Yorkshire leader demands words are turned into action on Northern rail in…
When she meets Rail Minister Jo Johnson today, Councillor Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council and member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, will highlight the need for…
Statement by Leader of Leeds City Council on rail service standards
Leader of Leeds City Council Councillor Judith Blake is to represent northern leaders as part of a new initiative to address rail service standards.
Councillor Blake, who is also a member…
Five shortlisted to develop ‘Roads for the Future’ and driverless cars
Smart traffic lights, flexible use of kerbsides, segregated driverless zones, and sat-navs learning through artificial intelligence are among the ideas shortlisted today in a national…
Response to East Coast Main Line Transport Secretary announcement
Leeds City Council's Leader, Councillor Judith Blake, has made the following response to the announcement by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling that the East Coast Main Line is to be brought…
Comment on £3billion upgrades to Transpennine rail to start in spring 2019
Network Rail is planning to spend £3.1bn upgrading the TransPennine route from 2019 to 2024.
The Leader of Leeds City Council Councillor Judith Blake has issued the following statement in…
New Leeds city centre stop to meet growing park and ride demand
Due to the huge popularity of park and ride bus services from Elland Road and Temple Green into Leeds, from this week passengers now have two stops available on the city centre’s Boar Lane.…
Bus priority consultation underway as part of ‘Connecting Leeds’
The next step in transforming transport and travel in and around Leeds is set to begin with public consultation starting on plans for bus priority measures on key routes in the city.…
Leeds City Region leaders publish plan to transform transport in the North
Plans for future transport investment in Leeds City Region and the wider North of England have been outlined today at an event marking the publication of a thirty year plan to drive economic…