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Here's a map of the new/upgraded pedestrian crossings we've had agreed or we're asking Highways to look at. Here's the list but do take a look at the map: Committed New Grove Lane crossing Upgrade to existing Grove Lane crossing Beacons to be fixed at Spen Lane crossing (near Co-op) Pedestrian island at Bentley Lane / Meanwood Road To be assessed Many of these relate to regular school crossings routes. One of Izaak's key pledges is to make it safer to cross busy roads that c

Much needed improvements we campaigned for confirmed and coming to the Grove Lane area - work starting soon this summer! The results of the consultation about road safety in the Grove Lane / Grove Road area are in. New pedestrian crossing and other improvements we’ve campaigned for confirmed, here’s the list: The provision of a new zebra crossing on Grove Lane (picture C) Resurfacing of the Meanwood Valley Trail between Monkbridge Road and Grove Lane to enable use all year ar

A fun video - 10 things we've delivered in 30 seconds The latest Lawnswood weekly update Happy to see some rapid footway and road repair on Silk Mill Way - not job done, but if you report things to us we can get them sorted with a bit of tenacity! How we get new pedestrian crossing s - thank you to our readers for all your location suggestions! Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to chat to us at our street surgeries Notes from the Meanwood, Far Headingley, West Park p

This evening 7-8pm at St Chad's Parish Centre is the next police and residents meeting. Last night we had one in Cookridge and Ireland Wood too. Read the notes here . Improving the number 19 bus An update on tackling speeding on Moor Road and what it means for other roads Thanks to St Paul's Church - as ever a hub of the community with their Easter Eggstravaganza - and we really enjoyed the Easter service at St Chad's on Sunday too Big thanks to council workers who were out

The 38, 19, 91, 23, 24, X84, 28... chances are you sometimes rely on one or more of these services. We've been lobbying FirstBus about improvements to these services, sharing people's experiences with them and asking about their plans to improve reliability. But the real game changer will be next year, when Mayor Tracy Brabin brings them into public control. It'll give us a proper transport system like London and now Manchester has: Reliability targets for operators , meaning

Making things safer for pedestrians is a top priority for us. We have delivered new pedestrian crossings and are getting assessments for new crossings at key points in the ward, including on Otley Old Road, Grove Lane, Monkbridge Road, Meanwood Road, Spen Road, and Tinshill Road. Building on this, we've pledged to make sure that every busy road children have to cross for school has a safe crossing point. It's always incredibly useful when people tell us about their journeys a

We've already got the latest Lawnswood update, new litter bin locations, the latest Marathon briefing, skate park news and pothole news in the newsletter. So here are the little bits: Northern Gas works happening on Otley Old Road with 3-way traffic lights and a part closure of Tinshill Drive in April We attended the St Paul's Warm Welcome this Monday and took the opportunity to remind people how worthwhile it is to attend (plus do some washing up and pick up some casework).

The latest weekly update on Lawnswood roundabout below, plus a couple of pics - one aerial of the work on site, and one a simplified 'landscaping drawing' showing where there will be planting once it's done - including a large London Plane tree in the centre of the roundabout. This drawing is designed specifically to show planting, rather than e.g. the pedestrian crossing arrangements. P.s. it was great to attend the West Park Residents Association AGM last night where a long

The Yorkshire Evening Post is reporting on progress we've made to increase the rate of pothole repairs in Leeds . The important bit is why this is happening: we've invested into new technology that enables quicker and longer-lasting repair. Thank you to the teams out there now, working so hard on this. But there's plenty more to do. In recent days we've been chasing reports ranging from the Laiths to the Spennithornes to Cottage Road.

A number of people have asked us questions ranging from emergency services support to road closure details. We've taken these up and been able to answer individual questions. For your interest, here's the latest briefing from the organisers (RunforAll): Here's the event web page . Here's the route map . And here's a pic of us with Alex Sobel dressed as Father Christmas for the 2025 Santa Dash (Izaak will be running the half, what should he dress as??):

There was a car crash into St Chad's Primary last week . Luckily no one was hurt. We're now working with parents, teachers, local residents to ensure this doesn't happen again - and actually to look more generally at road safety around West Park. If you're in that area please do fill in our quick survey . And a big thank you to everyone who has done so already.

Quick fire local news we've shared on Facebook, with links to the full story, because there's only so much you can put in an email newsletter: Brown bin collections starting again from next week . We are campaigning to add a couple more estates to our free garden waste collection service. We have funding to improve Silk Mill Playground, what play equipment is best? Please share with parents ! Where should we plant more trees locally ? Join Izaak's walkabout in Clayton Wood w

Tomorrow we're expecting a big update on Labour Mayor Tracy Brabin's plans to bring West Yorkshire buses into public control (you can read more here ). In the meantime, we're really pleased that disabled pass holders across West Yorkshire will soon be able to travel for free at any time of day. The change begins in Wakefield from May this year, allowing the Mayor to test its impact before rolling it out across the region from April 2027. Tracy Brabin said: “Making travel free

A bit of a collected item! Firstly, Weetwood Lane (by Weetwood Court) is partly closed for urgent Yorkshire Water works as we wrote last week . That's annoying but we're glad that YW have finally taken responsibility for it after we lobbied them with residents for some weeks. However, the diversions have not been clear or widespread enough and so Weetwood Court residents have had quite a bit of speeding to deal with. We've asked them to increase signage at more key locations.

Yorkshire Water have taken responsibility for fixing the leak on Weetwood Lane after weeks of very tenacious residents taking them to ask, thank you! Unfortunately it does mean a very inconvenient road closure. We are chasing for more details but wanted to give a heads up: “I am writing to inform you that Yorkshire Water will be carrying out urgent repairs to a water leak on Weetwood Lane, between Weetwood Crescent and Weetwood Mill Lane.   To undertake the works safely, a fu

Run for All have shared with us a briefing about the marathon and half this year, to take place on the 10th of May. As they say, “The Leeds Marathon and Leeds Half Marathon over the past 3 years has seen the city come together collectively to support a number of truly great causes. Opening the doors to mass participation, the marathon demonstrates the power of friendship and what is possible when running with friends. The city has come out in force for the past 3 years lining

Leeds Bradford airport has submitted a new CLEUD application (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development) to Leeds City Council. This relates to the operation of night movements (flights) at the airport following discussions. The airport had previously said it would submit a section 73 planning application which could look at many aspects of the airports operation. See our article about this at the time . However, based on the decision taken by the Planning Inspectora

We're pasting below a long but worth reading update on potholes - why we’re getting more this winter than ever before, and what the council is doing about it. Please also take a look at how to report drainage and gully problems and our earlier guide to potholes and what we're reporting . “All of our inboxes are currently filling with pothole related casework, soI am writing to update you on the significant pressures currently affecting our highways service following the rece

Thank you to the residents who report these issues to us. In particular the blocked drain / gully on Otley Road which has led to flooding around the YMCA. We reported it and the team are going to clear it. Please do report anything like this that you spot to: Report a blocked gully - leeds.gov.uk Of course if that doesn’t work you’re welcome to email us and we’ll pass it on, especially if it feels very urgent.

With the bad weather potholes get worse. In this post we have: a map of potholes we've reported, especially in the Cookridge/Tinshill area where there has been more of a problem a guide to how the council prioritises tackling potholes and how more money is being invested to deal with them more efficiently and with longer lasting results So read on! Potholes reported - February 2026 Everything you need to know about potholes in Leeds Potholes are one of the most common issues