Issues with vehicles and parking have dominated responses to a survey on roads and transport in ‘outer’ West Leeds.
A report to be considered by councillors on the Outer West Community Committee on Wednesday details the findings of a public consultation under the themes of vehicles and parking, walking and wheeling, cycling, accessing bus stops and rail stations and the street environment.
Of the responses received 38% were related to vehicles and parking, 23% cycling, 21% wheeling and walking, 9% street environment and 9% accessing bus and rail stations.
Findings from the Leeds Streets For All consultation in ‘outer’ West Leeds include:
- Common themes for vehicles and parking include included inconsiderate parking, speeding, congestion/volume of traffic, vehicle using street as a rat-run.
- Common themes for cycling included – cycle provision feels unsafe/inadequate, no provision for people cycling, cycle route not well connected, difficult to cross the road.
- Common themes for wheeling and walking included – difficulty in crossing the road, obstruction on pavements, pavements too narrow/damaged and inconsiderate parking.
- Common themes for accessing bus stops and rail stations includes – hard to cross the road to access bus stop/rail station, not enough space around bus shelter, bus shelter too small and congestion/volume of traffic.
The consultation covered the Calverley & Farsley, Farnley & Wortley and Pudsey council wards.
A council report says a local plan with a list of potential interventions can only be developed as funding opportunities from external sources become available.
A potential list of improvement schemes includes:
More than 3,500 people visited the consultation website, and 259 respondents left 799 contributions. A total of 1,164 relevant comments were analysed in this report.
Councillors will respond to the report at the Outer West Community Committee meeting at Farnley Hall on Wednesday, 1pm. The full agenda and documents can be found here.
The outer west community committee is made up of nine councillors from three wards: Calverley & Farsley, Farnley & Wortley and Pudsey. It has four Labour, three Conservative, one independent and one Green councillor.
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