Purpose

To approve the detailed design and delivery of
the A660 Otley Road/Headingley Lane/Woodhouse Lane route in Leeds,
forming part of the Active Travel Tranche 3 proposals and the
advertisement of necessary TROs and the promotion of a cycle track
order.
The scheme forms part of the wider ambition to
develop Leeds Cycle Network and will provide cycling and walking
improvements along one of the main corridors in the city.

Content

The Chief Officer Highways & Transportation has:
 
a) 
Noted the contents of this report.
 
b) 
Agreed and sign the terms set out in the funding
agreement between West Yorkshire Combined Authority (funder) and
Leeds City Council (recipient) and note the specific requirements
associated to the funding in terms of timescales, consultation,
compliance with LTN 1/20 and reallocation of road space.

 
c) 
Noted and approve the proposed layout of the project
as shown on drawings 1137-LCC-00-XX-DR-TM-GA_01 to 05.

 
d) 
Given authority to implement the overall project and
incur expenditure of £10.705m to deliver the project, with
£4.785m funded by the Active Travel Fund Tranche 3 programme,
£5.69m funded by the Active Travel Fund Tranche 4 programme
and £230,000 funded from Section 106 receipts.

e) 
Given authority for the
injection of £10.705m (£4.785m from Active Travel
Tranche 3, £5.69m from Active Travel Tranche 4 of West
Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) grant funding and
£230,000 of Section 106 receipts into the Capital Programme
to progress scheme development.

f) 
Approved the use of the Contractor
Framework to procure a contractor to construct the scheme as per
the approved detailed design.

g) 
Requested the City Solicitor to advertise a Traffic
Regulation Orders (Movement Order, Waiting Restriction Order or
Speed Limit Order) as shown on drawings 1137-LCC-00-XX-DR-TM-TRO_01
to 03 and, subject to no objections being received, make, and seal
the Orders as advertised.

h) 
Given authority to display notices on site under the
provision of Section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 in
order to inform the public of the proposed formal pedestrian
crossings.

i) 
Given authority to request the City
Solicitor to draft and advertise a Notice under the provisions of
Section 90C of the Highways Act 1980 for the implementation of
traffic calming to complement some of the pedestrian crossings in
the proposed 20mph speed limits.

j) 
Approved with reference to powers contained within
Section 66(4) of the Highways Act 1980, that the relevant lengths
of footway shown as cycle tracks on drawing
1137-LCC-00-XX-DR-TM-TRO_02 are removed and that following the
removal of the footways, cycle tracks are constructed under the
powers contained under the provisions of Section 65(1) of the
Highways Act 1980 for segregated or shared joint use by pedal
cyclists and pedestrians.

 
k) 
Approved the
conclusion of the necessary land acquisition with WYCA for land at
Hyde Park Corner and the dedication of this as adopted public
highway, as shown on drawing
1137-LCC-00-XX-DR-TM-LA_01 at an estimated cost of
£500,000;
and

 
l) 
Authorised the consultation and subject to no
objections, the introduction of moving traffic enforcement using
ANPR cameras, at the A660/Shaw Lane, A660/Woodhouse Street/Victoria
Road (Hyde Park Corner), A660/Clarendon Road and A660/Rampart Road
junctions, in line with powers received from the Secretary of
State.