News on Armley Gyratory

A new round of public consultation on measures to improve the Armley Gyratory and help transform transport and travel in and around Leeds starts this week.

These new Connecting Leeds designs support the council’s vision for a more liveable, greener and better connected city centre. They will complement and enable wider improvement projects in the city, providing an opportunity to create better public spaces. Specifically, the plans support the closing of Neville Street to through traffic, a pedestrianised City Square and development of the South Bank.

In April 2018, commuters said the gyratory traffic resulted in delays for motorists and bus users, contributing towards poor air quality and impacting negatively on local resident and businesses. The surrounding communities also said the pedestrian and cycling facilities are poor and they were unlikely to use them for journeys into the city centre.

In response to these views, these new plans feature;

The public can give their views on this scheme via the website armleygyratory.commonplace.is until Monday 23 September. An animation showing the details of the scheme is available here: https://youtu.be/6RRSHd7fYfE .

There will be two public drop-in sessions at the New Wortley Community Centre (40 Tong Road, Leeds LS12 1LZ). The first will run from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 7 September and second will run from 5pm to 8pm on Tuesday 17 September.

These improvements are part of Connecting Leeds, the council’s transport strategy for the city. Connecting Leeds are working with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, partners and stakeholders to improve all aspects of the transport network in Leeds and connecting to the wider Leeds City Region.

The next step will see a planning application submitted in autumn 2019, with expected construction to start later in 2020 and take two years to complete.