Road, Rail & Access Issues

[Bigman]

So in other words Donny will have a rail link up and running before us.

 

[dmrodgers]

To complete this project perhaps we should be borrowing some of the £1bn DSA are wanting the government to cough up to build their super high speed railway line directly to their unopened airport so that their millions of passengers can get swiftly to the airport for their flights to Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia, USA and everywhere else around the world.

 

[Finger66]

To complete this project perhaps we should be borrowing some of the £1bn DSA are wanting the government to cough up to build their super high speed railway line directly to their unopened airport so that their millions of passengers can get swiftly to the airport for their flights to Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia, USA and everywhere else around the world.

Actually that's a good call because they wanted other regions to contribute to their cause so fair has to be fair!

 

[Snackbar]

Has anyone heard any more about the Parkway Station? All gone very quiet.

Yes - WYCA approved another £250,000 on the proposed Parkway station at the end of 2024 which included £65k on developing the minimum viable product (as WH mentioned from the last ACC meeting)….Total project cost looks to have escalated to £65.5m! It’s covered in page 296 of the attached https://westyorkshire.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g1401/Public reports pack 30th-Jan-2025 11.00 West Yorkshire Combined Authority.pdf?T=10

As for DSA this is just pure electioneering by their delusional Mayor……£1bn on a rail link to an airport with a dozen flights a day she must think the voters of Doncaster were born yesterday!

 

[Aviador]

The total cost will escalate the longer they pusyfoot around.

 

[leedslad]

I remember when they ruled out a spur link to the station as it would cost 75m*...

 

[White Heather]

We've already had one consultation after which they decided to find ways to reduce the cost, meaning fundamental changes, and therefore yet another consultation. No doubt that will bring about more changes and another consultation. I wouldn't mind but the location of this station means nobody can see it anyway unless passing through in a train. It's in a deep cutting well away from any buildings other than nearby farms. It beggars belief it takes so long to do any infrastructure improvements in this country.

 

[Len Fish]

Got to protect those lesser spotted green toads.

 

[Aviador]

And it won't make any difference what cost is agreed because the developer always over spends.

 

[michael]

Yes - WYCA approved another £250,000 on the proposed Parkway station at the end of 2024 which included £65k on developing the minimum viable product (as WH mentioned from the last ACC meeting)….Total project cost looks to have escalated to £65.5m! It’s covered in page 296 of the attached https://westyorkshire.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g1401/Public reports pack 30th-Jan-2025 11.00 West Yorkshire Combined Authority.pdf?T=10

As for DSA this is just pure electioneering by their delusional Mayor……£1bn on a rail link to an airport with a dozen flights a day she must think the voters of Doncaster were born yesterday!

Did DSA ever get to as many as a dozen flights a day last time round????

 

[White Heather]

Did DSA ever get to as many as a dozen flights a day last time round????

Briefly, when Flybe had two E195s based. Those, plus the TUi and Wizz got them into double figures but there were long periods of nothingness and nowhere near enough to be viable.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

We've already had one consultation after which they decided to find ways to reduce the cost, meaning fundamental changes, and therefore yet another consultation. No doubt that will bring about more changes and another consultation. I wouldn't mind but the location of this station means nobody can see it anyway unless passing through in a train. It's in a deep cutting well away from any buildings other than nearby farms. It beggars belief it takes so long to do any infrastructure improvements in this country.

Then people wonder why economic growth is stagnant? We are ruled by a bunch of CNIMBYS. Complaining NIMBYS. They want more infrastructure - but god forbid it's in their back yard. Planning is too corrupt in the hands of politicians and councillors who will happily, unproved, take backhanders from organisations that are slightly deranged. Or if it's in election cycle they'll not want to upset those who vote from them. So will either support local projects and then change their mind in the office or vice versa.

The benefit that the station could bring is two fold. A link finally to our airport, via some form of crappy bus. But the relief on Horsforth as it would allow people from Cookridge to jump on without taking their cars down to the car park at Horsforth.