West Yorkshire Combined Authority set to approve £180m transport investment

Over £180m of investment for transport schemes in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield is set to be approved at West Yorkshire Combined Authority meeting on Thursday (June 30th).

The West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund provides investment to schemes which progress roads, rail facilities and infrastructure development across West Yorkshire and the City Region.

Schemes, which were supported by the Combined Authority’s Investment Committee earlier this month, include the development of an outline business case for a new station at Elland.

Bradford’s Forster Square Station is set to be re-developed into a new facility which provides a significantly enhanced gateway to the city.

More park and ride facilities will be created at West Yorkshire rail stations including an increase from 33 spaces to almost 150 at Knottingley as well as at Apperley Bridge, Guiseley, Moorthorpe and Outwood.

If approved, the Leeds Transport Investment Programme will help enhance connections and services across the City and surrounding Region including the development of a new Leeds Bradford Airport Station.

The A629 Halifax to Huddersfield Corridor Improvement scheme will also relieve regular congestion and improve journey times along the route..

After the schemes were supported at the recent Investment Committee meeting, its chair Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, who is Leader of Bradford Council, said: “The transport schemes which the Investment Committee has supported have been designed to achieve the Combined Authority and its partners’ aims of encouraging sustainable economic growth that sees more local people in high quality jobs that they can access easily.

“We have made great progress and over the last few weeks have seen the completion of two West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund schemes, the Wakefield Eastern Relief Road and the Temple Green Park and Ride and this ongoing programme of investment will enable us to build on that success.”

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