Road repairs and resurfacing works on the Stanningley Bypass are set to mark the next phase of a £44.1m road improvement scheme in the area.
Road users are being urged to prepare to plan ahead, as work on a contraflow – where vehicles are directed to travel in the opposite direction to the normal flow of traffic – starts at the A647/A6120 Dawsons Corner junction, with repairs and resurfacing works on the Stanningley Bypass.
Council chiefs say the work on the scheme has been planned to coincide with the reduced levels of traffic over the school summer holidays, allowing for these works to progress as quickly as possible with some significant disruption expected to journeys over the coming weeks.
Traffic management will be in place 24/7 along with 30mph speed limits to help complete this work efficiently and for the safety of all road users.
During the set up and switch around of the traffic management, there will be partial closures of the bypass and some of the access/slip roads will have local diversions. Access to New Pudsey Station will be maintained at all times.
The road traffic management system will safely allow repairs and surfacing works to take place, starting northbound from 8pm Saturday, 26 July until 9 August and then southbound from 5am Sunday, 10 August, until Sunday, 24 August.
The Owlcotes Shopping Centre slip road will be closed to facilitate changes to the traffic management on the following dates:
- Saturday, 26 July 8pm-5am
- Saturday, 9 August 8pm-5am
- Saturday, 23 August 8pm-5am
- Sunday, 24 August 8pm-5am (contingency date)
Over the previous three summer holiday periods the council has carried out Stanningley Bypass joint and resurfacing repairs work, as part of the highway’s annual maintenance programme. The road works involve the repair of over 140 structures on Stanningley Bypass and associated resurfacing works.
These changes to the junction aim to reduce congestion and delays and see better traffic flow, with bus journey times reduced and safer crossing facilities for cyclists and pedestrians.
Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council’s deputy leader and executive member for economy, transport and sustainable development, said: “The team are working hard to minimise disruption by planning, co-ordinating and sequencing large highways schemes across Leeds.
“They need careful planning with other works, not always in our control and events across our busy city. We have done lots of work to try and minimise the disruption these works will create, but what ever the amount of planning there may be some delays.
“Starting from 26 July, to coincide with four weeks of the school summer holidays, please plan ahead when travelling between Bradford and Leeds (A647) or using the (A6120) outer ring road through Dawsons Corner. You will need to allow extra time for your journeys, be patient and follow the signed road diversions in place.”
18 Months of disruption coming up I don’t think after that anyone on average will get anywhere quicker, total waste of money (£40m?). The money would be better spent on proper resurfacing of many of the local areas A & B and residental roads with potholes left right and centre on many of them.
Consider Armley Gyratory as example of whats to come.
a) it looks nicer (if you can say that about such a thing)
b) in my experience so far in various directions/exits its no quicker on average
c) we’re still getting disrupted with further work, what 2/3 years on from the start?.
So on Dawsons Corner add up time lost sitting in EXTRA traffic for 18-24 months due to work and lane closers, then add the fact there’s still at most only 2 lanes on the ring road and at rush hours you can’t really up the capacity even with a slightly smoother flowing roundabout/junction.
Who did the maths and working out if £40 million spend will be change anything much due to capacity limits of the dual (and in some places single) carriageway on the ring road?