Issue details

City Connect 2

The report seeks approval for the Leeds City Centre Cycle Superhighway (CityConnect2) full ambition and seeks authority to spend against the full CityConnect Programme budget of £34,941,000.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: Beeston and Holbeck; Burmantofts and Richmond Hill; City and Hunslet;

Notice of proposed decision first published: 10/01/2017

Decision due: 8 Feb 2017 by Executive Board

Lead director: Director of City Development

Department: City Development

Contact: Sabby Khaira, Highways Officer 0113 378 7375 Email: sabby.khaira@leeds.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Internal consultation on the proposals has been undertaken with Officers between April and July 2016.  Public consultation exercise was undertaken by WYCA and ran between 1st August 2016 and 9th September 2016.

 

Consultation leaflet delivered to all residential and business properties fronting the proposed routes.

 

Key stakeholders were identified and all were sent leaflets via email regarding scheme proposals and they were made aware of the consultation events, dates and locations.

 

The information contained in the leaflet was also available on the City Connect website (http://cyclecityconnect.co.uk/projects/leeds-city-centre-improvements/) and users were encouraged to login online to comment on the scheme.

 

The CityConnect Facebook and Twitter pages were used to provide information to the public but also to promote the consultation events. Five consultation events were held in total in City Centre locations and in community facilities. At the events members of the public were encouraged to fill out questionnaires to obtain views.

Consultees

The following have been consulted as described in the consultation process section above: -

  Internal consultation with Highways and Transportation

  Councillor Lewis (Exec Member for Regeneration,  Transport and  Planning)

  Ward Members

  Member of Parliament

  City Connect Advisory Group

  Pedestrian/Cycle groups

  Statutory Undertakers

  WYCA and Bus representatives

  West Yorkshire Police

  West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

  West Yorkshire Ambulance service

  Equality Hub

  Locality Managers

  Sustrans

  All residences and businesses fronting the proposals

  Leeds Chamber of Commerce

  Leeds Civic Trust

  West Yorkshire Police

  West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

  West Yorkshire Ambulance service

Portfolio Holder: Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning

Decisions

Agenda items

Documents

  • The report to be issued to the decision maker with the agenda for the meeting  

Background papers