A range of infrastructure and environmental improvements to three outer ring road junctions in north east Leeds is taking place.
The work promises to tackle traffic congestion, improve local air quality and provide new infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists.
Preliminary work has begun on the junctions which are located on the existing outer ring road west of Red Hall; the A6120/Roundhay Park Lane junction and A6120/A61 Harrogate Road junctions. This will be followed by similar work to the A6120/King Lane and King Lane/Stonegate Road junctions at a later date.
When completed, these improvements will improve the flow of traffic at these junctions and help improve local air quality by minimising exhaust emissions from stop-start traffic.
Separate pedestrian and cycle routes will also be created at each junction as part of Leeds City Council’s long-term strategy to green the north east Leeds corridor and encourage people to leave the car at home and use alternative transport.
Council proposals to create a wet woodland habitat near the Roundhay Park Lane Junction are also included as part of the work. In the future, this woodland could be home more than 1000 trees.
To mitigate the necessary removal of a number of trees along the corridors of the outer ring road junctions the council has committed to replacing any tree removed with at least three of an appropriate species.
This project will support a wide range of tree planting and habitat improvements being made across Leeds that will make the urban street scape greener and more attractive. This includes an emphasis on tree planting in association with planned highway improvements as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s ‘Green Streets’ initiative and as a contribution to the newly promoted Northern Forest.
To view the plans for each junction and proposals to introduce separate pedestrian and cyclist routes, please see the following page;
www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/parking-roads-and-travel/roadworks/outer-ring-road-improvements
