Works to transform part of Leeds city centre into a more "people-first environment" are due to start on Monday.
All through-traffic will be diverted away from City Square ahead of its permanent closure to traffic in February 2023.The council said people should also consider alternative ways to travel.The works, alongside other schemes, are part of a package aimed at reducing the amount of traffic in the city centre, and encouraging people to walk or cycle more.
Councillor Helen Hayden, executive member for infrastructure and climate, said: "Removing through-traffic from City Square has been a long-held ambition., which has set out a vision for Leeds to be a city where you don't need a car".
A number of "significant diversions" would be in place, the authority said, adding the route would no longer be "attractive to motorists".where doctors can prescribe walking and cycling to boost mental and physical health. Walking and cycling minister Trudy Harrison said the measures would "ease the burden on our NHS" as well as "improving air quality and reducing congestion".
Turns out Leeds has its very own Walking & Cycling Minister, Ms Trudy Harrison.🤨 In charge of a Ministry of Silly Walks 😂 aka another one of those 'total waste of taxpayer money' superfluous bureaucratic institutions? Monty Python's biting satire was way ahead of its time!👌🚶
Nice idea if they can make it work, but whilst I assume there are proposals for this I’ve not yet had chance to look up, my immediate thought is “how the hell will that work?”
The only problem with that, is you still need to use the roads to get to the main railway station at the city square, either bus, taxi or private car. There is no rapid transit system in Leeds. If this becomes more complicated then there is even less incentive to use rail.
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