An £8million plus project in the city centre is nearing the final stages of completion as pavement resurfacing work is set to start on Park Row and Infirmary Street. The essential improvement scheme will see Park Row converted in to a one-way street for most of its length making it easier for buses to…
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A £20million city centre improvement scheme has reached the next exciting phase of delivery. From Sunday (4 October), buses will return to serve the Headrow in both directions. This means that the temporary bus stops on Calverley Street, Great George Street and Merrion Street will be taken out of use and later removed. Bus…
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New visuals and plans have been released by Connecting Leeds showing how the area around the Corn Exchange could look after a £25million makeover. With over 100 buses passing through the area every hour, it is a key gateway for people visiting or working in the city. It is also home to one of…
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Leeds City Council have released a new animation which shows how the £23m Headrow scheme will look once completed in spring 2021. The scheme forms part of the Connecting Leeds programme which is set to transform transport in the city centre into world-class gateways for bus users, pedestrians and cyclists, while continuing to provide…
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Leeds City Council has issued guidance for residents, visitors and businesses as hospitality and entertainment venues prepare to reopen this weekend. From Saturday July 4, restaurants, bars, leisure and entertainment venues can reopen as part of the latest relaxation of restrictions due to Covid-19. Working with representatives of the businesses concerned as well as…
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Leeds City Council laid out ambitious plans to promote active travel. This includes an additional 100km of segregated cycle lanes, temporary widened footways and low traffic neighbourhoods. To ensure people feel safe making their everyday essential journeys, over the last few weeks footways have been temporarily widened using water barriers in the city centre…
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Leeds School Streets pilot scheme launches on Monday, 1 June, with up to six Leeds primary schools taking part. Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School, Pudsey; Ingram Road Primary School, Holbeck; Cross Gates Primary School, Cross Gates; Thorpe Primary School, Thorpe; Clapgate Primary, Middleton; and Lane End Primary, Beeston are the first schools to take…
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Essential work is set to start next month to rebuild the Regent Street flyover in Leeds. Senior councillors are expected to formally approve the plans for the key bridge which carries traffic on the Inner Ring Road at the meeting of the executive board next week (Wednesday 22 April). That approval will allow detailed…
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Leeds triathlete and double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee MBE has been named as the city’s first Active Travel ambassador. In his new role, Alistair will add his support to initiatives, projects and infrastructure projects being undertaken through the city’s Active Travel campaign, which key aim is to encourage more people to incorporate walking and…
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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 spaces across the city by March 2021. The work on Elland Road marks the start of increasing car parking capacity with an extra…
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From September 2019, bus services and stops in Leeds city centre will change as Connecting Leeds starts major works on The Headrow. Leeds City Council’s Connecting Leeds programme is set to transform transport in the city centre into world-class gateways for bus users, pedestrians and cyclists while continuing to provide access for businesses. The…
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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 Wednesday 26 June, councillors will consider a report to progress plans for bus priority measures along the A61 North from the Sheepscar…
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Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss an update on plans to transform transport and travel in and around the city centre at a meeting next week. At the council’s executive board on Wednesday 17 April, councillors will consider a report to progress plans to transform transport in the city centre into world-class gateways for…
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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 consultation and engagement on proposed road, rail and park and ride improvements, which ended on August 3, resulted in more than 11,000 views…
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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 proposals for new rail stations at White Rose and Thorpe Park; investment along two key bus routes; park and ride expansions; and improvements…
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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 executive board at Civic Hall on Wednesday 25 July, councillors will consider a report on the latest position of the Leeds…
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Public engagement on plans to create two new rail stations in Leeds has started this week. Details of the proposals for new stations at White Rose and Thorpe Park as part of the Connecting Leeds programme to improve travel and transport in Leeds are now open for public feedback. The proposals would see new…
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The next phase of public consultation on measures to help transform transport and travel in and around Leeds starts this week. A series of public drop-in sessions are to begin this Saturday on proposals for the A660 and A61 South bus routes to introduce new infrastructure and measures to improve bus journey times and…
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The statutory consultation on the proposed clean air charging zone in Leeds will launch later this month. The council has been directed by the government to provide a full business case by 15 September 2018 which addresses the city’s proposals to ensure it becomes compliant with air quality standards in the shortest possible time.…
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Eight new ultra-low emission Hybrid Electric buses are now serving Leeds’ hugely successful Elland Road and Temple Green Park and Ride sites. Reducing air pollution in the city is key and the introduction of these ultra-low emission vehicles will deliver significant fuel and C02 improvements along the Elland Road and Temple Green Park &…
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