By John Baron
A number of busy roads in West Leeds could be part of a £3.2 million package of road safety measures in a bid to reduce the number of accidents, a council report has said.
Every year Leeds City Council highlights stretches of road which it believes may need work to make them safer, either because of high accident rates or following local safety concerns.
Four sites in West Leeds have been earmarked for feasibility studies as part of the council’s Casualty Reduction Programme. The studies will examine what possible measures could make the roads safer and recommend what action the council should take.
The West Leeds sites earmarked for feasibility studies this year for possible schemes in the 2024-25 financial year include:
- Burley Road
- Cardigan Road
- Tong Road
- Leeds & Bradford Road.
Other proposals include:
- To design and consult over introducing a Pudsey district centre 20mph zone to reduce the number and severity of recorded injury collisions. Cost of designing the scheme, which will be followed by a consultation, is £35,000. Any subsequent project is proposed for 2024-25 financial year. No details on specific roads are available yet.
- Kirkstall Road/Woodside View – Provide coloured surfacing to highlight cycle tracks at junctions at a cost of £25,000.
- An additional pedestrian guardrail will be installed at Galloway Lane in Pudsey at a cost of £10,000.
- New pedestrian crossing would be introduced this financial year at Spen Lane/ Vesper Road in Kirkstall and on Kirkstall Lane, Headingley.
- Movement violation cameras are proposed at Kirkstall Road/Kirkstall Lane and Armley Ridge Road/Stanningley Road.
- WLD confirmed yesterday that a number of speed cameras would be installed along the Outer Ring Road and A647 Stanningley Bypass, between Horsforth and Armley. A new 50mph speed limit will be introduced in the autumn.
Idiot councillor’s making decisions without consulting the people of the city.
They say they have but never show the figures of the consultations
This has priority over other financial problems the city has.
It is basically what the council’s want they get.
The A647 is a dual carriageway and it is illegal for pedestrians to walk on them
Yet there is a pedestrian crossing hidden near the layby
Again the pedestrian is king even breaking the law.
Just before the roundabout towards Dawson’s corner
As it states it is a bypass and is taking traffic away from
Stanningley road
It is an A road so therefore merits a national speed limit
I want the choice to drive a car and not be told by someone I cannot because they don’t like it
That kind of control is not democratic
Wow. So uninformed. Lets take this point by point.
1. The A647 is a dual carriageway and it is illegal for pedestrians to walk on them.
Nope. Not a good idea really but only walking on a Motorway is illegal. (Highway Code. General Guidence, Rule 6)
2. It is an A road so therefore merits a national speed limit.
Well Single carriageway A Roads have a 60 MPH limit and Duel carriageway A Roads have a 70 MPH limit generally. However both of them can have lower speeds limits imposed.
3. I want the choice to drive a car and not be told by someone I cannot because they don’t like it.
No one is taking away your car. Chill out dude. They are just asking you to share the road.
Anyone who drives around these areas can see. It’s the minority often unlicenced, uninsured, registered who cfeate much of the problems, hence why the hit and runs. Councils only idea, whoo more cameras to catch Mr and Mrs bloggs marginally over a arbitrary limit, bymuf will do squat for the illegal drivers. This isn’t limited to these roads, but many around Leeds with little visible police, yet more camera vans raising revenue.