Leeds Council seeks approval for lane rental scheme19/09/2025 Leeds City Council is seeking approval from the Department for Transport (DfT) for its proposals to set up lane rental schemes on roughly 10% of its road network. |
Leeds to start work on £44m improvement scheme13/05/2025 Leeds City Council has announced ‘significant enabling work’ will start this month for a £44m scheme at Dawsons Corner and Stanningley bypass. |
Council gets historic bridge repairs over the line24/08/2023 A historic Grade II listed bridge in Yorkshire has re-opened to vehicles after essential maintenance works were completed ahead of schedule. |
Leeds pollution still at illegal levels after CAZ ditched15/06/2023 Toxic air pollution in Leeds was above legal limits in 2021 after the city council chose not to proceed with a government-mandated Clean Air Zone. |
Leeds predicts and provides with new road23/08/2022 Councillors in Leeds have put a green spin on the new £126m East Leeds Orbital Route, which is now open to traffic. |
Leeds flyover re-opens after £31m refurb17/05/2022 The Regent Street Flyover carrying the A64 through Leeds city centre has fully re-opened after a two-year project costing £31m. |
One more heave on Leeds flyover job12/11/2021 The final phase of work on the Regent Street Flyover project in Leeds city centre will start next weekend with the installation of the northern bridge beams. |
Colas Leeds the way with northern growth08/06/2021 Colas has won a place on a £60m highway and civil engineering works framework with Leeds City Council, one of a number of new contracts and contract extensions in the North. |
'Nothing to see,' council says after bridge incident17/05/2021 Leeds City Council has said a full investigation is underway to establish why a large concrete section of a demolished bridge crashed to the ground after being ‘safely placed’ on a trailer for removal. |
WSP and Leeds make it another 10 years27/04/2020 WSP has been retained as the sole supplier for Leeds City Council’s Highways and transportation civil engineering core contract under a new 10-year partnership. |
Leeds lights the way with £22.5m LED conversion09/07/2019 Leeds City Council has shaved nearly £3m off the expected cost of its programme to upgrade all the city’s street lights to LED. |
£116m Leeds road scheme seeks community help for tree planting05/03/2019 Leeds City Council is calling for volunteers to help restore trees removed under a major road improvement project. |
Leeds aims to cushion impact of Clean Air Zone10/10/2018 Leeds City Council has outlined its final plans for a Clean Air Zone to help cut pollution in the city, which will see buses, coaches and HGVs charged £50 a day. |
Leeds to begin £5m M62 junction improvement works next week17/07/2018 Leeds City Council is due to begin major works next week that aim to reduce congestion on the M62 near the city. |
Leeds set to back £25m LED streetlight switch03/07/2018 Leeds City Council is to take forward plans to upgrade all street lights in the city after a consultation, but has yet to say whether it intends to extend a night-time switch off. |
Leeds awards Eastern Orbital work to Balfour after Carillion fall07/06/2018 Leeds City Council has awarded Balfour Beatty a contact to deliver the first two phases of the East Leeds Orbital Road (ELOR) after Carillion was originally lined up for the job. |
Mouchel wins contract extension with Leeds City Council21/11/2016 Leeds City Council has awarded Mouchel a contract extension that will see the company deliver highways and transportation services on behalf of the local authority until August 2018. |
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