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The different authorities in the Leeds City Region are working together to ensure that West Yorkshire’s transport system connects people and places in ways that support the economy, the environment and quality of life.
Browse the different projects within this plan by opening and closing the tabs below.
The AccessBus service provides door to door transport to local facilities within each district of West Yorkshire and is mainly aimed at those with limited mobility.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority provides 33 fully accessible minibuses to be used to deliver the service and was recently awarded a £422,000 grant from Department of Transport to replace the vehicle exhaust systems and reduce emissions. In addition to which, £473,000 was made available through the Local Transport Plan for the refurbishment of the vehicles to more modern standards, including re-livery of the vehicles, full CCTV and fitment of digital destination systems.
Project Lead | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
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District/ Area | West Yorkshire |
Funding |
£422,000 grant from DfT plus £473,000 LTP funding |
Project Status | Activity 6: Delivery |
Start and end dates | 2016 - mid 2020 |
Delivery partners | Eminox |
Other funders | None |
Last updated in Q4 2019/2020
Project Lead | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
---|---|
District/ Area | Bradford |
Business case summary | Link here |
Funding | Current Approved - £8,940,000 |
Project Status | Activity 4: FBC |
Start and end dates | 2019 - 2023 |
Delivery partners | N/A |
Other funders | None |
Get in touch | TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk |
Last updated in Quarter 1 2023
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is working together with the City Region’s major bus companies, Arriva, First, Transdev and the Association of Bus Operators in West Yorkshire on a new ambitious partnership, Bus 18. The Bus 18 Delivery Programme involves a number of work streams, including Punctuality and Reliability - a programme of works to key junctions across West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield) to improve bus journey times and user experience.
The programme aims to deliver benefits to bus passengers that can be realised in a short/medium timeframe, by March 2019.
The improvements to the public transport infrastructure ultimately seeks to encourage the use of an alternative, more sustainable mode of transport for car users, and an improved experience for those that rely on bus travel/public transport.
Project Lead | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
---|---|
District/ Area | Leeds City Region |
Business case summary | Link here |
Funding | Local Transport Plan- £0.811 million |
Project Status | Activity 6: Delivery |
Start and end dates | 2017- January 2020 |
Delivery partners |
Bradford Council Kirklees Council Wakefield Council |
Other funders | Public Sector Investment- £0.6 million |
Get in touch | TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk |
Working with BT, the Combined Authority installed 228 new digital cameras at 26 of its West Yorkshire bus stations, linked to the control centre in South Leeds. The project provided an opportunity to review and change camera locations
The security teams’ analogue radios were replaced with digital handsets and new digital data and voice transmission services mean staff can now take radios from site to site without losing their connection.
An additional benefit of the scheme is free public Wi-Fi for passengers at eight of the staffed bus stations, which the Combined Authority had originally envisaged as requiring additional funds and a separate project.
Completed in 2019, the project is delivering a 40 per cent reduction in operating costs and will pay for itself in four years. Reduced energy use makes the system more environmentally friendly as well.
Project Lead | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
---|---|
District/ Area | West Yorkshire |
Business case summary | Link here |
Funding |
LTP- £0.55 million NPIF- £0.54 million |
Project Status | Activity 7: Complete |
Start and end dates | 2016 - 2019 |
Delivery partners | Leeds City Council |
Other funders | None |
Get in touch | TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk |
Last updated in Quarter 1 2023
The £60 million programme is funded through the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant and local match funding. It aims to:
Infrastructure projects that have been built now include the 14km segregated Cycle Superhighway running from Leeds city centre along the A647 to the new Broadway shopping centre right in the heart of Bradford.
CityConnect is delivered in partnership by West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the five West Yorkshire councils and City of York Council.
Last updated Q1 2023/24
We want to create a world class public transport system that connects different modes of transport seamlessly into one comprehensive, easy-to-use network.
We aim to transform the performance, image and experience of public transport to make it an attractive choice for all.
Rail is currently the backbone of our mass transit network. Where the service is frequent and with newer trains, the number of commuters using rail is high. We want to replicate this high quality service across the City Region.
Buses are currently the most used form of public transport and we need to ensure there is better integration between these two modes including physical interchange, timetabling, ticketing and payment. We have an ambition to build on our current public transport networks and we will set out a plan for how different modes, including rail, mass transit and bus rapid transit, can unlock economic growth constraints.
We recognise the benefits of segregating public transport from other road vehicles and will look at key corridors for where this could be developed further. More people are now travelling between districts to access work opportunities.
We need our public transport system to be High Speed ready. We will link to and build on national investment in High Speed Rail and Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals and we will align our public transport investment with improvements to the motorways and our local roads for a truly integrated transport system. Only through improving our public transport offer, be that bus, rail, park and ride, mass transit or other modes, will we be able to achieve our economic objectives at the same time as ensuring that our towns and city centres are places that promote health, wellbeing and attract inward investment.
The Local Transport Plan Strategy from 2011 – 2026 has a vision to develop a transport system that gives people access to what they want easily, efficiently and in a way that supports the environment, the economy and quality of life. A new approach to rail in West Yorkshire and the wider Leeds City Region is needed if rail is to play a greater role in a modern and dynamic City Region low carbon economy
The Combined Authority will work with partners such as PTEG, all northern PTEs, the Department for Transport, Train Operating Companies, Network Rail, the ORR and the McNulty Review team to ensure that this opportunity will enable the rail offer in West Yorkshire to modernise and play its part in a successful transport system over the long term. The following proposals will be delivered through the rail strategy:
The Safety, Accessibility and Environment Programme includes three aims from the Local Transport Plan programme:
1.The Safety and Security element will improve the safety and safety of 10 bus stations across West Yorkshire – key priorities set out in the West Yorkshire Transport Asset Development Plan
2. The Accessibility element aims to make these sites more accessible based on the feedback of disabled user groups, specifically in this case, in ensuring a consistent approach to head of queue tactile signage used by visually impaired customers to navigate at bus stations.
3.The Environment element will provide new infrastructure to reduce water and electricity consumption, improve recycling rates and reduce the number of Combined Authority vehicles powered by fossil fuels. Reducing emissions from the Combined Authority’s assets will help achieve our ambition of being net zero carbon economy by 2038.
Project Lead | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
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District/ Area | West Yorkshire |
Business case summary | Link here |
Funding | £1.9m approved |
Project Status | Activity 6 – Delivery. |
Start and end dates | 2019 - 2023 |
Delivery partners | Kier, Contractor and T&T, Consultant |
Other funders | None |
Get in touch | TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk |
Last updated in Quarter 1 2023
The Transforming Travel Centres project is part of a programme of exciting schemes being undertaken at Bradford Interchange and Huddersfield Bus Stations. The scheme will modernise, standardise and future-proof travel centres as part of a 21st century Metro Style Transport System.
The scheme will see the introduction of Display Information Points (DIPS) and Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) which will be accessible throughout Bus Station opening times, reducing the number of paper timetables and leaflets used and offering Travel Centre services outside of Travel Centre opening times.
With improved access, reduced waiting times and an enhanced look and feel, Transformed Travel centres will have a reduced carbon footprint and create a clean, modern and pleasant atmosphere for customers and Metro staff alike.
The works at Bradford Interchange were completed in December 2022. The Transforming Travel Centre works at Huddersfield Bus Station are to be completed at the same time as the wider Huddersfield Bus Station Scheme. The details in the table below relate to the works at Bradford Interchange only
Project Lead | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
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District/ Area | Bradford |
Business case summary | Link here |
Funding | Local Transport Plan, Implementation Phase 3 - £1 million (£210,000 to be transferred to Huddersfield Bus Station scheme for the Huddersfield Bus Station Travel Centre) |
Project Status | Activity 6: Delivery and Financial Closure |
Start and end dates | 2019 - 2022 |
Delivery partners | Kier (Main Contractor) and SGP (Principal Designers) |
Other funders | None |
Get in touch | TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk |
Last updated in Quarter 1 2023
The West Yorkshire Transport Asset Management Plan sets the guidelines as to how transport assets are maintained, and how they will be maintained in the future.
Transport asset management is about more than just maintaining our roads. There are bridges, traffic control systems, street lighting and public transport infrastructure that requires investment to deal with current and future demands. While our customer satisfaction surveys tells us that the travelling public rate roads and our other assets as being 'very important', these people also express dissatisfaction with their condition.
Potholes, defective roads and poor quality cycle tracks and footways can create inconvenience, affect the quality of journeys and incur costs on users but also present potential hazards to our more vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians.
Although research shows that poorly maintained roads fall into a deeper state of disrepair contributing to traffic delays and disruption, the under investment in highway maintenance by successive governments means managing our transport assets presents a major challenge. We have a backlog of repairs and there is a growing gap between the costs of the repairs and the funding that is available. We must make our approach to, and funding for asset management work better.
Highway authorities across England are to benefit from a boost in funding for local highway maintenance.
As part of an announcement on Network North funding in October 2023, an increase in funding for local highway maintenance was given in order to make real improvements in road condition. The funding is intended to allow more of our roads to be resurfaced, more of our bridges to be repaired, and other highway assets to be fixed than would we otherwise be able to achieve.
As part of this additional funding, we have been asked by DfT to publish a summary of the additional resurfacing work we will deliver with the new funding over the next 2 years.
For both 2023/24 and 2024/25 we are receiving an additional £4.633m per year for local highways maintenance.
The programmes are still being finalised and will undergo final approvals both locally in each council and at a combined authority committee in early Summer in order to release the funding and deliver the whole p2 year programme. In the meantime, the programme below is a draft representation of what roads/areas will be targeted (and are subject to change).
This additional funding complements the already approved CRSTS Highways Asset Management programme in West Yorkshire that was approved at CA in July 2023.
Areas / roads where work is planned | Type of works being undertaken on asset group | Indicative cost | Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2 | Benefits from it |
---|---|---|---|---|
B6381 Barkerend Road |
Road resurfacing |
£70,000 |
2,000 |
Improve the asset condition of a key bus and commuter route |
C111 Cutler Heights Lane |
Road resurfacing |
£170,000 |
4,400 |
As above |
B6379 Town Gate, Wyke |
Road resurfacing |
£160,000 |
4,000 |
Improve the asset condition of a local high street |
C111 High Street, Wibsey |
Road resurfacing |
£90,000 |
2,200 |
As above |
Royd Wood Terr, Cullingworth, Bingley Rural |
Bus Turning Circle |
£11,000 |
800 |
Improvements to public transport (bus turning circle) |
Brantcliffe Way, Baildon |
Road resurfacing |
£12,000 |
195 |
Improve the asset condition |
Merville Avenue, Baildon |
Road resurfacing |
£10,000 |
638 |
As above |
New Close Road, Nab Wood |
Road resurfacing |
£40,000 |
2,400 |
As above |
Mary St / Minorca Mount, Denholme |
Road resurfacing |
£18,000 |
1,900 |
Improve the asset condition and access to local school |
Thornacre Road, Wrose |
Road resurfacing |
£30,000 |
2,300 |
Improve the asset condition |
Back Grangefield Ave, Burley |
Road resurfacing |
£23,000 |
2,300 |
As above |
Back Lawn Ave, Burley |
Road resurfacing |
£22,000 |
720 |
As above |
Back Norwood Terrace, Burley |
Road resurfacing |
£10,000 |
480 |
As above |
Rocklands Place, Baildon |
Road resurfacing |
£5,000 |
290 |
Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety |
Spring Close, Gilstead |
Micro Asphalt |
£3,000 |
470 |
As above |
Low Close, Gilstead |
Micro Asphalt |
£3,000 |
430 |
As above |
The Robins, Burley |
Micro Asphalt |
£8,000 |
2,244 |
As above |
Suresnes Road, Keighley |
Road resurfacing |
£40,000 |
3,930 |
Improve the asset condition |
Reservoir Road, Stanbury |
Road resurfacing |
£55,000 |
4,300 |
As above |
Belle Vue, Ilkley |
Road resurfacing |
£15,000 |
1,500 |
As above |
Wheathead Lane, Keighley |
Road resurfacing |
£48,000 |
|
As above |
Granby Lane, Keighley |
Road resurfacing |
£35,000 |
2,147 |
As above |
Howden Road, Silsden |
Road resurfacing |
£22,000 |
1,200 |
As above |
Bradford South |
Carriageway patching |
£78,000 |
|
Repair deterioration in the short term in order to reduce future maintenance needs / disruption |
Bradford South |
Carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt |
£40,000 |
|
Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety |
Bradford East |
Carriageway patching |
£78,000 |
|
Repair deterioration in the short term in order to reduce future maintenance needs / disruption |
Bradford East |
Carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt |
£40,000 |
|
Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety |
Bradford West |
Carriageway patching |
£78,000 |
|
Repair deterioration in the short term in order to reduce future maintenance needs / disruption |
Bradford West |
Carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt |
£40,000 |
|
Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety |
Shipley Ward Unclassified Road Resurfacing |
Unclassified road resurfacing |
£155,000 |
|
As above |
Shipley Ward Carriageway Pathcing |
Carriageway patching |
£85,000 |
|
Wider patching of asset deterioration areas to reduce future maintenance needs and disruption |
Footways repairs in Shipley Ward |
Footway slurry sealing / resurfacing) |
£70,000 |
|
Improved pedestrian footway asset condition |
Keighley constituency unclassified road resurfacing |
Unclassified road resurfacing |
£175,000 |
|
Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety |
Keighley constituency footway repairs |
Carriageway patching |
£85,530 |
|
Wider patching of asset deterioration areas to reduce future maintenance needs and disruption |
Keighley constituency unclassified road resurfacing |
Footway slurry sealing / resurfacing) |
£75,000 |
|
Improved pedestrian footway asset condition |
Total spend: £1,899,530
Areas / roads where work is planned |
Type of works being undertaken on asset group |
Indicative cost (£) |
Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2 |
Benefits from it |
Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holmes Road |
Resurfacing |
£265,000 |
|
Asset life renew. Improved journey times. Cycling and pedestrian saftey. |
Complete 23-24 |
River Street, Mission Street, Calder Street |
Resurfacing |
£350,000 |
|
Asset life renew. Improving industrial access. |
Complete 23-24 |
C42 (Akroyd Lane, Billy Lane, Nook Lane) |
Resurfacing |
496,920 |
14,300 |
Asset life renew. Improved journey times. Safety. |
Programmed 24-25 |
Total spend: £1,111,920
Areas / roads where work is planned |
Type of works being undertaken on asset group |
Indicative cost (£) |
Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2 |
Benefits from it |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greenhead, Almondbury, Netherton |
Footway resurfacing |
£ 225,000.00 |
4000 |
Improved walking surface delivering connectivity supporting active travel |
Golcar, Staincliffe, Batley, Scholes, Ashbrow |
Carriageway resurfacing |
£ 895,000.00 |
16500 |
Improved condition, ride quality, reduced emissions |
Various |
Micro resurfacing |
£200,000 |
20000 |
As above |
Rural areas |
Velocity/jet patching |
£200,000 |
|
As above |
As per footway schemes |
Street Lighting |
£25,000 |
20 number column replacements as a part of F/W works |
Asset replacment/renewal |
As per carriageway schemes |
Drainage |
£50,000 |
Repair works as a part of c/way resurfacing schemes |
Asset replacment/renewal/ climate mitigation ensuring the drainage system is fully functional |
Across the district |
Find and fix potholes |
£248,934 |
|
Improve network condition reduce risk of third party claims, improve public perception |
Total spend: £1,843,934
Areas / roads where work is planned |
Type of works being undertaken on asset group |
Indicative cost |
Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2 |
Benefits from it |
Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LRS17Recreation Place |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£51,052 |
1676 |
Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS18Recreation Street |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£34,841 |
1562 |
|
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS26Wellington Grove |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£67,706 |
2059 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS27Appleton Way |
Carriageway Works |
£116,494 |
1337 |
Improved condition: Ride quality |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS42Mill Green Place |
Carriageway and Footway Works |
£103,918 |
3607 |
Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS69Whack House Close |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£35,571 |
1207 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS77Knott Lane |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£126,784 |
3053 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS84Foundry Mill Street |
Carriageway and Footway Works |
£116,013 |
3351 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS85Foundry Mill Street |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£53,093 |
1775 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS86Foundry Mill Street |
Carriageway Works |
£42,986 |
616 |
Improved condition: Ride quality |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS90Poole Road |
Carriageway Works |
£20,093 |
686 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS98Abbeydale Mount |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£53,793 |
1349 |
Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS124Queenshill Crescent |
Carriageway Works |
£37,527 |
1309 |
Improved condition: Ride quality |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS125Stainburn Avenue |
Carriageway Works |
£32,448 |
1785 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS126Kingsdale Gardens |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£64,852 |
3649 |
Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS130Wynyard Drive |
Carriageway Works |
£106,715 |
1827 |
Improved condition: Ride quality |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS131Wynyard Drive |
Carriageway and Footway Works |
£69,757 |
3181 |
Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS141Chandos Avenue |
Carriageway and Footway Works |
£78,136 |
3451 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS143West Park Road |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£66,245 |
3110 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS149Moor Road |
Carriageway and Footway Works |
£93,814 |
3351 |
As above |
Complete 2023/24 |
LRS154Sandbeck Lane |
Carriageway Works |
£86,812 |
3045 |
Improved condition: Ride quality |
Complete 2023/24 |
NN1Pontefract Road |
Carriageway Works |
£252,818 |
5327 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN2Dibb Lane |
Carriageway Works |
£61,584 |
791 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN3Kirk Lane |
Carriageway Works |
£29,156 |
1946 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN4New Road |
Carriageway Works |
£121,800 |
4865 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN5Milners Road |
Carriageway Works |
£38,694 |
497 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN6King Lane |
Carriageway Works |
£26,849 |
2282 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN7Arthington Road |
Carriageway Works |
£27,178 |
2310 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN8Arthington Road |
Carriageway Works |
£35,661 |
3031 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN9Commercial Street |
Carriageway Works |
£145,954 |
1554 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN10Church Street |
Carriageway Works |
£28,703 |
588 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN11Duncan Street |
Carriageway Works |
£14,819 |
714 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN12New Market Street |
Carriageway Works |
£15,109 |
728 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN13Buckstone Road |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£180,838 |
2883 |
Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN14Haddon Road |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£289,635 |
3380 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
NN15Wellstone Rise |
Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works |
£182,074 |
3465 |
As above |
Delivery Due 2024/25 |
Total spend: £2,909,524
Areas / roads where work is planned |
Type of works being undertaken on asset group |
Indicative cost |
Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2 |
Benefits from it |
---|---|---|---|---|
A650 Wrenthorpe Bypass, Wrenthorpe & Outwood |
Resurface |
£120,497 |
3012 |
Vision zero strategic objective for safer roads, A well maintained highway provides a safe, attractive and efficient network for all highway users, and to support decarbonisation targets and specific council corporate objectives Places to be proud of |
Barnsley Road South Elmsall and South Kirby |
Resurface |
£211,044 |
5276 |
As above |
Pasture Way Roundabout, Altofts & Whitwood |
Resurface |
£32,745 |
819 |
As above |
Standbridge Lane, Wakefield South |
Resurface |
£32,891 |
822 |
As above |
Hemsworth A1 Link Road, Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton |
Surface Dressing |
£184,371 |
39446 |
As above |
Cutsyke Road, Altofts & Whitwood |
Surface Dressing |
£18,546 |
3968 |
As above |
Aketon Road, Altofts & Whitwood |
Surface Dressing |
£32,836 |
7025 |
As above |
Lock Lane, Castleford Central & Glasshoughton |
Surface Dressing |
£27,656 |
5917 |
As above |
Holywell Lane, Castleford Central & Glasshoughton |
Surface Dressing |
£42,248 |
9039 |
As above |
Bleakley Lane, Crofton, Ryhill & Walton |
Surface Dressing |
£23,156 |
4954 |
As above |
Chevet Lane, Crofton, Ryhill & Walton |
Surface Dressing |
£98,683 |
21113 |
As above |
Station Lane, Featherstone |
Surface Dressing |
£13,305 |
2846 |
As above |
Green Lane, Featherstone |
Surface Dressing |
£15,344 |
3283 |
As above |
Featherstone Lane, Featherstone |
Surface Dressing |
£35,223 |
7536 |
As above |
Willow Lane, Featherstone |
Surface Dressing |
£11,193 |
2395 |
As above |
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone |
Surface Dressing |
£43,554 |
9318 |
As above |
Wesley Street, Ossett |
Surface Dressing |
£21,550 |
4611 |
As above |
Aberford Road, Stanley & Outwood East |
Surface Dressing |
£100,425 |
21486 |
As above |
Huddersfield Road, Wakefield Rural |
Surface Dressing |
£112,900 |
24155 |
As above |
Netherton Lane, Wakefield Rural |
Surface Dressing |
£61,098 |
13072 |
As above |
Hostingley Lane, Wakefield Rural |
Surface Dressing |
£23,436 |
5014 |
As above |
Hardcastle Lane, Wakefield Rural |
Surface Dressing |
£11,466 |
2453 |
As above |
Old Road, Wakefield Rural |
Surface Dressing |
£57,032 |
12202 |
As above |
District Wide |
Reactive repairs identified through routine inspections |
£169,895 |
|
Support the move towards more sustainable, first-time permanent repairs of defects identified during the routine inspections. Increase embodied carbon savings from road maintenance and reduced network disruption. |
Total spend: £1,501,092
How is your authority introducing innovation in the delivery of highways maintenance (eg the use of new equipment or software) and where it plans to go further:
The collective West Yorkshire Highway Information Asset Management Group continue to review new materials and methods that look to offer more cost effective, lower carbon and faster delivery in order to increase maintenance and renewal of the highways network in the region.
We are targeting more preventative maintenance practices to slow deterioration in order to protect the wider highway assets and increase activities over a wider area as well as targeting route causes such as drainage defects that if left cause damage to roads and pavements.
Wakefield have engaged with their Technical & digital transformation team to develop an AI output for street level surveys utilising attachments to Street Services refuse vehicles which cover over 95% of the districts roads and could provide street level surveys using machine learned models i.e. colour and shape deviation that can detect defects and gully conditions. These will enhance the service of the survey technicians with a view in due course to manage AI into the asset management policy. The project is in the Alpha phase but could be expected to be operational in 25/26.
West Yorkshire council highways teams and West Yorkshire Combined Authority are also looking to develop a new asset deterioration model to better track condition and plan timely interventions to maximise the benefits from the funding allocations we receive for highway asset maintenance activities.
What steps are your authority taking to ensure utility works are completed in an organised and efficient manner:
Street works and roadworks continue to be regulated by the New Roads and Street Works 1991 (NRASWA and the Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA) and the related codes of practice and statutory instruments.
The Yorkshire Common Permit Scheme was developed and implemented in conjunction with the other four West Yorkshire Authorities and Barnsley and Sheffield councils. It was one of the first permit schemes introduced in England outside London. The YCPS applied to just the busiest roads across the district. Non-permit streets continued to be dealt with under the earlier noticing system. The YCPS was changed in March 2020 to apply to all adopted roads, becoming an individual permit scheme known as the Kirklees Council Permit Scheme.
The permit scheme covers co-ordination, inspection, restrictions, sanctions and charges, however there are still issues where statutory undertakers come along and stipulate emergency works that either delay vital maintenance work, or worse still mean excavations in recently delivered projects (despite all long-term notifications and protection notices being in place).
The 5 partner councils continue to develop better relationships with statutory undertakers and the CA will join more strategic level coordination on the back of Network North funding levels to ensure we have a step change in the condition of the network.
The Candidates in the race to become the Mayor of West Yorkshire have been announced, as the deadline approaches for residents to register to vote in next month’s mayoral election.
This was a shocking incident and my thoughts and sympathies are with Kulsuma Akter’s family and loved ones.
I welcome today’s verdict and that Khan has finally been brought to justice for the terrible events in Bradford on 18 November 2005.
Our latest update on the closure of Bradford Interchange bus station.
A new multi-million-pound investment to improve walking and cycling routes in West Yorkshire has been welcomed by the Mayor.
This means that all employees of the Combined Authority will continue to receive at least the real living wage of £12 per hour.