Council highways chiefs have agreed to progress a package of highways improvements connected to the new Pudsey Sixth Form College.
Work building the £13 million college has already started off Kent Road and developers have signed off on a Section 278 agreement for highway safety works to be designed and carried out by the developer, overseen by the council.
The package of highways works includes:
- A speed table junction at the school entrance,
- A full width speed table at an existing informal crossing
- Five road humps
- The footway on Kent Road to the north of the site access is to be increased in width to three metres
- Alterations to existing footways to accommodate the proposed junction
- Resurfacing, lighting, signing, drainage and lining works.
A consultation will be held over the final road improvements once they are designed.
A council report says: “The highway works will reduce speeds on Kent Road, which will improve road safety.
“The proposed speed tables and road humps complement the recently installed zebra crossing and one committed zebra crossing. Both zebra crossings are being delivered through the pedestrian crossing review.”
The full council report agreeing to progress the works, which are a condition of the plksnni8ng permission, can be found here.
Pudsey Sixth Form College, which will cater for up to 600 students and offer a wide range of A levels, vocational courses and GCSEs, is being built on land next to Crawshaw Academy, off Kent Road.
The college’s curriculum, which also includes some key GCSE courses, is set to expand to eventually cover 26 different subjects.
The new college is designed to meet a projected rise in the number of 16-18 year olds across Leeds over the next decade – and to give local students the chance to excel without having to travel further afield.
Construction began in May.
Pudsey Sixth Form College partnership consists of: Crawshaw Academy (part of Red Kite Learning Trust), Leeds Sixth Form College (part of Luminate Education Group), Co-op Academy Priesthorpe (part of the Co-op Academies Trust), Leeds West Academy (part of the White Rose Academies Trust).
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