Purpose

i)  Approve the
preliminary design of the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement
scheme.
ii)  Request the
City Solicitor to advertise draft Traffic Regulation Orders
required to implement the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement scheme,
and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and
implement the Orders as advertised.
iii)  That the total
expenditure of £13,050,442, comprised of £825,807 from
the West Yorkshire+ Transport Fund Corridor Improvement Programme
Phase 2, £11,547,671 from the City Region Sustainable
Transport Settlement subject to Outline Business Case approval by
the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and £676,964 of
Section 106 Developer Contributions required to carry out the
detailed design and construction of the scheme, be approved.
iv)  Agree to enter into
a Deed of Variation to amend the existing funding agreement with
the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Content

The Chief Officer (Highways &
Transportation) has:
a)  Instructed the City
Solicitor to negotiate the terms of and enter in to on behalf of
Leeds City Council a deed of variation to the April 2021 funding
agreement between Leeds City Council and the West Yorkshire
Combined Authority as previously amended on 12 January 2023;
b)  Approved the
preliminary design of the Lawnswood
Roundabout Improvement scheme;
c)  Instructed the City
Solicitor to advertise draft Traffic Regulation Orders (“the
Orders”) required to implement the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement scheme, and if no
valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the
Orders as advertised;
d)  Noted the
£12,949,080 of funding secured for development and delivery
of the scheme, comprised of £825,807 from the West Yorkshire+
Transport Fund Corridor Improvement Programme Phase 2,
£11,547,671 from the City Region Sustainable Transport
Settlement subject to Outline Business Case approval by the West
Yorkshire Combined Authority, and £575,602 of Section 106
Developer Contributions.
e)  Noted the approval
given by the Chief Officer (Highways & Transportation) in March
2021 for the injection of £825,807 from the Corridor
Improvement Programme Phase 2 into the Leeds City Council Capital
Programme for the development of the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement scheme;
f)  Approved the
expenditure of a further £964,484, from the City Region
Sustainable Transport Settlement, to carry out detailed design,
develop and submit a Full Business Case, undertake stakeholder
engagement, advertise the draft Traffic Regulation Orders and issue
the works via the Intermediate Contractor Works Framework; and
g)  Noted that the Chief
Officer will be requested to make a further decision following
completion of detailed design and receipt of tender returns for the
main construction contract, to approve the detailed design and
approve the expenditure of the remaining funds on delivery of the
scheme.