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We're out regularly doing street surgeries. Maybe the most common issue raised is speeding. We lobby about this A LOT! Both the police and Highways. One of the tools available to us is mobile speed cameras. We've just had confirmation through of the latest placements we've secured: Tinshill Lane Wynford Avenue Spennithorne Drive We've previously had them on other roads. The way they work is that a speed camera is placed on the road for a temporary period, and then brought bac

One of the slightly odd habits you pick up as a councillor is checking grit bins as you walk around... It's that time of year when we need to make sure everyone's grit bins are ready for the winter. If you have one near you, can you try and check it for us and let us know if it needs refilling? You can just reply to this email. Thank you!

Here's the latest update. It's great the contracts are openly sharing any challenges. If these lead to any slip or change to the timetable we'll be sure to let you know, but so far that isn't the case! "Last week we continued work on the manhole installations in the roundabout centre. Manhole 6 is installed up to the concrete lid, with brickwork to be installed. Further oversized pipework excavations are taking place, along with installation of foundations. Ducting excavation

Here's the latest update from Eric Wright, the contractors working on Lawnswood roundabout. As usual, if you're experiencing problems let us know. Also, we have raised concerns about speeding in some neighbouring roads - you may see the rubber encased wires across roads monitoring traffic and speed levels: "Last week we completed the surfacing works around the roundabout centre. Yorkshire Water have inspected the manhole, this is progressing well. Our sub-contractors Civcon h

This is not in our ward but is very well used by lots of Weetwood residents so we thought we'd share the latest. For those who don't know; there's an excellent route from Woodhouse Ridge to Hyde Park corner that saves walkers a lot of time. However, the segment from the ridge to Cumberland Road is currently blocked. That's because the wall has become unsafe. The wall is privately owned and the owners are trying to solve this as soon as they can. We can't give more specific ti

For the first time the Santa Dash is coming to Headingley. The 3k run ties into the Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 challenge. It starts at Leeds Beckett University and finishes at the stadium. Thankfully this means it's a downhill route, which Izaak is grateful for as he has just signed up. The dash starts at 2 on Sunday 7 December. There will be road closures as follows: Road closures around the start at Church Wood Avenue will be implemented from 13:15 on the afternoon of the event

We have found regular updates from the team doing Lawnswood roundabout to be very useful, so we asked the Highways team to do the same for the broader A660 work from Shaw Lane down to St Marks Road. Here's an update we received today. We hope it's useful: Please find below the latest update regarding ongoing construction works along the A660 corridor, including Otley Road, Headingley Lane, and Woodhouse Lane. These works will be taking place over the next two weeks across Sec

In very short, Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) are now applying to alter their existing planning conditions to a 'noise quota' system whereby they could have more of the quieter flights at night. We don't yet have the application itself - it's coming in November - so the below information is based on what the airport have shared with us in a briefing. We have a lot of questions about this! And we're sure you do too. To reiterate our role; while councillors cannot control the pla

We've raised the concerns that we and residents have had about the arrangement of the bus stop on Headingley Lane in particular. Although not in our ward it is used by lots of our constituents. Equally, many of our constituents use this cycle lane and don't want to feel that they are coming into conflict with people getting the bus! For those who don't know, some of the bus stops where the road and pavement narrows require bus users to cross the cycle lane to get onto the bus

Yesterday we organised for police, transport officers, housing officers, and the council's cleaner neighbourhoods team to join us and a...

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

UPDATE: The road should be open as usual by end of Friday. This morning we've been communicating about the diversions and road closures...

It was really nice supporting the Beckett's Park Residents Association play street on Sunday. We took the chance to bring plans for...

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...

We support campaigning by Living Streets, who advocate for pedestrians. They have a campaign to map pavement parking hotspots , which...

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...

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...

As previously written, Lawnswood roundabout work is underway . Last night it was possible to cross the road with the safety of a...

We carry out regular street surgeries across the ward. A theme that came up especially in the Weetwood Lane and Spen Lane areas was...

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...