Consultation events are due to start next week where West Leeds residents can have their say over three possible routes for the proposed new tram system linking Leeds and Bradford.
A series of drop-in events will be held across Bradford and Leeds, as part of a major consultation on plans to create a Mass Transit network.
The events, starting next week and running until September, will allow people to learn more about proposed routes for phase one of the network, which would link areas in Leeds and Bradford.
More than 20 drop-in sessions will be held in community centres, libraries and other venues close to areas earmarked for proposed lines, and will be open for up to four hours.
The first event starts at St Thomas’ Church Community Hall in Stanningley next Tuesday and is followed by events and Bramley. Here’s a full list, with dates, times and venues in West Leeds:
It follows the start of the consultation by Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin last week, in which a series of possible route options across the Leeds Line and Bradford Line were revealed.
Feedback will then be considered as part of ongoing development work, and help determine proposals for a preferred route for each line.
The statutory preferred route consultation will be held in 2025, and the Mayor has previously promised to have spades in the ground on the project by 2028.
Simon Warburton, Executive Director of Transport at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, said: “Mass transit will act as a catalyst for growth and help us to create a better-connected West Yorkshire.
“This is a scheme that will change the way people get around the region for generations to come – for such an important decision, we need to hear as many people’s opinions as possible.
“We’ve had a brilliant response so far, with more than 1,000 people giving feedback on the scheme in the first week, and we now want people to pop in, ask our project team, and find out more about our plans.”
The 11-week consultation will close on September 30, 2024.
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Very wise of the combined authority to run the tram through the Chancellor of the Excechors’ constituency. She’s not pull the funding for that!