Leeds: Council Scraps Airport Link Road Proposals
Traffic queuing on the A65 in Yeadon today
Airport Support Members Dismayed
After years of debate and public consultations Leeds City Council has abandoned plans for a £100m link road to Leeds Bradford Airport. The original plans showed three different options, two were direct links to the airport from the A65 at Horsforth, one was to upgrade the existing road network surrounding the airport. The news has come as a great shock to those who for years have demanded action to improve access to the airport.
Leeds City Council says it intends to continue to pursue proposals to build a new airport parkway station close to the airport but it's difficult to see how this can be achieved without building a new road to facilitate the proposals. If the council were to install a half baked version of a road link to the proposed parkway station, it would likely increase commuter traffic on the route by drivers seeking to avoid the very road systems the cancelled project was seeking to ease.
The Airport Support Group founder said: "today's news, which I heard on the car radio whilst queuing in traffic (in Yeadon!), has put a real dampener on Christmas.", "As for the lack of support, the devil is in the detail. Of all the options, it was Option A, that got 40% support".
Forums4airports member said: "I cannot see the logic in cancelling the link road from the A65. It would reduce the amount of traffic up to Rawdon traffic lights and on to the airport. This backward thinking reminds me of the '80's"
Another Forums4airports member said: "whilst the railway station good news the lack of ability to greatly reduce local traffic has been ignored."
Traffic queuing on the A65 in Yeadon today
Airport Support Members Dismayed
After years of debate and public consultations Leeds City Council has abandoned plans for a £100m link road to Leeds Bradford Airport. The original plans showed three different options, two were direct links to the airport from the A65 at Horsforth, one was to upgrade the existing road network surrounding the airport. The news has come as a great shock to those who for years have demanded action to improve access to the airport.
Leeds City Council says it intends to continue to pursue proposals to build a new airport parkway station close to the airport but it's difficult to see how this can be achieved without building a new road to facilitate the proposals. If the council were to install a half baked version of a road link to the proposed parkway station, it would likely increase commuter traffic on the route by drivers seeking to avoid the very road systems the cancelled project was seeking to ease.
The Airport Support Group founder said: "today's news, which I heard on the car radio whilst queuing in traffic (in Yeadon!), has put a real dampener on Christmas.", "As for the lack of support, the devil is in the detail. Of all the options, it was Option A, that got 40% support".
Forums4airports member said: "I cannot see the logic in cancelling the link road from the A65. It would reduce the amount of traffic up to Rawdon traffic lights and on to the airport. This backward thinking reminds me of the '80's"
Another Forums4airports member said: "whilst the railway station good news the lack of ability to greatly reduce local traffic has been ignored."
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