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Clean up day in the Silk Mills
Yesterday we organised for police, transport officers, housing officers, and the council's cleaner neighbourhoods team to join us and a...
6 days ago1 min read


Lawnswood drop in questions
We attended the drop in with Eric Wright - the contractor running the Lawnswood work - and asked questions gathered from subscribers to...
6 days ago1 min read


Burst water main - Monkbridge Road
UPDATE: The road should be open as usual by end of Friday. This morning we've been communicating about the diversions and road closures...
Oct 41 min read


Traffic calming in St Chads / Becketts neighbourhood
It was really nice supporting the Beckett's Park Residents Association play street on Sunday. We took the chance to bring plans for...
Sep 301 min read


Grove Lane petition success
Thank you so much to all of the 200+ people who signed our petition for a new pedestrian crossing by the beck on Grove Lane. We're...
Sep 161 min read


Help us map pavement parking hotspots
We support campaigning by Living Streets, who advocate for pedestrians. They have a campaign to map pavement parking hotspots , which...
Sep 161 min read


Silk Mill Way speeding
We've been working with the police and the council to tackle speeding on a number of key roads. The latest is Silk Mill Way. It is now a...
Sep 31 min read


Update on bringing buses into public control
In the last few weeks we've raised concerns about the 28 and 23 bus services. In both cases people have heard rumours that the routes are...
Aug 202 min read


Lawnswood roundabout round ups
As previously written, Lawnswood roundabout work is underway . Last night it was possible to cross the road with the safety of a...
Aug 202 min read


Police, speeding, and crime
We carry out regular street surgeries across the ward. A theme that came up especially in the Weetwood Lane and Spen Lane areas was...
Aug 131 min read


Hedges over hanging pavements?
We get this reported to us regularly. The good news is that if the hedges/tree are on private land we can often write to the owner and...
Aug 61 min read


Lawnswood roundabout work starting
There is a dedicated website for the scheme . Below we have shared the letter sent to local businesses and residents about this work. We...
Aug 51 min read


Grove Lane pedestrian crossing
Do you live near Grove Lane or ever cross there to walk onto Woodhouse Ridge or follow the beck on the Meanwood Valley Trail? We think it...
Jul 91 min read


Camera and new signals at Meanwood Junction
A camera is being installed at Meanwood's Green Road / Stonegate Road junction - also known as the Waitrose junction! It's going to be...
Jul 11 min read


Lane closures around Lawnswood roundabout
As you may know, work has started on the Lawnswood roundabout scheme . It's useful to know that you can see all planned lane closures as...
Mar 261 min read


Bus fare changes from FirstBus
We have received the following from FirstBus, which is the company running most of the bus routes in our area: “Single fares will now be...
Mar 171 min read


Work starting on Lawnswood roundabout
Preliminary work is due to start on the Lawnswood roundabout scheme. We've pasted below the main content of the letter that has been...
Feb 32 min read


Protect the 27 bus route - petition
We're calling on First Bus Group to keep the  27 route to a frequency of every 30 minutes. Sign the petition here We want First Bus to...
Jan 291 min read


Lawnswood roundabout update
Construction of the Lawnswood roundabout improvement scheme is expected to begin in spring 2025. We're sharing an update about that...
Jan 101 min read


Seizing dangerous bikes
Police are seizing Electric Bikes if they have a motor bigger than 250w. These are very different to the pedal-assist electric bikes...
Oct 9, 20241 min read

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