Transforming Travel - A61 Jumbles Lane and Carlton Lane junction and Pontefract Road from Thwaite Gate to M1 junction 44

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In the summer of 2022, we consulted on transforming travel on these two routes travel between Leeds and Pontefract and travel between Leeds and Wakefield. Following your feedback Leeds City Council, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the Combined Authority), would like your opinion on updated proposed improvements to the A61 junctions of Jumbles Lane and Carlton Lane, and Pontefract Road from Thwaite Gate to M1 junction 44.

We have made several changes to our proposals since we last engaged with you in 2022. These have been guided by your feedback and shaped by a review of scheme costs, in the context of inflation and the need for value for money. We would now like your feedback on proposals for a range of walking, cycling and safety improvements along the two routes.

NOTE: In 2022, we consulted on a more comprehensive set of proposals along the routes including the Rothwell Transport Hub. Whilst this part of the scheme isn’t currently planned for delivery, we are still looking to develop this idea at a later date.

This engagement will close at 11.59pm on 10 March 2025.

Proposed safety improvements on A61 Jumbles Lane and A61 Carlton Lane junctions

We’ve identified narrow pavements and limited crossing opportunities for people walking along the junctions between Jumbles Lane and Carlton Lane, this is making it unappealing for users, particularly children and the elderly. This is a key walking route used by students attending Rodillian Academy. There is also a lack of facilities for people cycling along the A61 route, meaning they are often travelling very close to the traffic and can feel unsafe, and the proposed improvements address both concerns.

This route carries both long-distance traffic from across the region, as well as local traffic, and is also a high frequency bus route.

Bus journeys along the A61 route often experience delays, particularly at peak times, due to congestion and a lack of dedicated bus priority measures. This results in fewer people feeling able to switch from travelling by car to bus. This leads to more congestion and poorer air quality for residents and those walking and cycling along the route.

Our proposals contain:

  • Widened footways, including doubling pavement width on Long Thorpe Lane, on the approach to Rodillian Academy, to help students and people feel safer when walking in the area

  • Shared-use footways to help cyclists travel easily and safely

  • New traffic signals at the Jumbles Lane junction to help improve traffic flow and offer safe crossings for people walking in the area

  • Smart signal technology to give more priority to buses helping them stay on time

  • On-carriageway cycle lanes and advanced stop lines at the Jumbles Lane junction

  • Existing traffic island crossing, near Nisa Local, upgraded to a signalised pedestrian crossing to make it easier for people walking to cross

  • Create a road closure for motor vehicles at the Carlton Lane/A61 junction. This is a hotspot for collisions, and vehicles travel at speed along the road. Motor vehicles will access Carlton Road via Jumbles Lane

  • Create more space for trees and other planting to help make walking in the area more enjoyable

Improvements to Pontefract Road from Thwaite Gate to M1 junction 44

The B6481 Pontefract Road is a key route in and out of Leeds. The route carries both long-distance traffic from across the region, as well as local traffic and is also a high frequency bus route. There are narrow pavements and limited crossing opportunities for people walking along the route, making it unappealing and unsafe for users, particularly children and the elderly. There is also a lack of dedicated facilities for people cycling along the route, meaning they are often travelling very close to vehicles.

Our plans will deliver safer and alternative ways for people to travel along Pontefract Road. New, segregated cycle lanes will provide people with a more direct route into Leeds, linking to existing cycle lanes, or to businesses and industrial estates for work.

People walking and wheeling will benefit from wider pavements, and new or upgraded pedestrian crossing facilities.

Buses will be prioritised at the rail bridge tunnel through ‘smart signal’ technology, helping to reduce bus delays.

This scheme will help people without access to a car become better connected to employment, education, and training opportunities across the region by making it safer for people walking and cycling. It will also encourage people who currently drive to travel more sustainably (i.e., by bus, bike or on foot if they can) and reduce the impact on local air quality.

Our proposals include:

  • New and improved crossing facilities for people on foot and wheeling at various key locations

  • New, separate cycle crossing facilities for people cycling, at various key locations

  • Creation of a one-way, segregated cycle path either side of the route, linking to existing provision on A639 Thwaite Gate. Some areas of shared use footways

  • Signalising of the rail bridge tunnel – shuttle working traffic lights will be installed to control the flow of vehicles, allowing one direction of traffic to pass at a time, improving safety and bus reliability

  • Wider footways at key locations to allow safer access to bus stops and local businesses/employment

Have your say

To see our proposals in more detail, please view the plans. Once you have read the information, you can let us know what you think using any of the following methods on this page:

  • complete our survey

  • ask us a question using the Question and Answer tool

  • view our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

You can also contact us in the following ways, including to request information in alternative formats:

  • phone (MetroLine Information Service) on 0113 245 7676

  • post at FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM WYCA (no stamp required)

Drop in events

We will be hosting two drop-in events as part of these consultations which will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about the proposals and to ask your own questions to the project team. There will be access to paper surveys where you can input your views on the proposals, or the project team can direct you to the online survey.

  • Wednesday 12 February 2025, 6:30-9pm – Main Hall, The Rodillian Academy, Long Thorpe Lane, WF3 3PS.

  • Tuesday 18 February 2025, 11am-3pm – Hunslet Library, Waterloo Road, LS10 2NS.

Next steps

Feedback gathered from the public consultations will be considered and will inform the development of more detailed proposals. A consultation outcome report summarising the feedback will then be added to this webpage.

This engagement will close at 11.59pm on 10 March 2025.

In the summer of 2022, we consulted on transforming travel on these two routes travel between Leeds and Pontefract and travel between Leeds and Wakefield. Following your feedback Leeds City Council, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the Combined Authority), would like your opinion on updated proposed improvements to the A61 junctions of Jumbles Lane and Carlton Lane, and Pontefract Road from Thwaite Gate to M1 junction 44.

We have made several changes to our proposals since we last engaged with you in 2022. These have been guided by your feedback and shaped by a review of scheme costs, in the context of inflation and the need for value for money. We would now like your feedback on proposals for a range of walking, cycling and safety improvements along the two routes.

NOTE: In 2022, we consulted on a more comprehensive set of proposals along the routes including the Rothwell Transport Hub. Whilst this part of the scheme isn’t currently planned for delivery, we are still looking to develop this idea at a later date.

This engagement will close at 11.59pm on 10 March 2025.

Proposed safety improvements on A61 Jumbles Lane and A61 Carlton Lane junctions

We’ve identified narrow pavements and limited crossing opportunities for people walking along the junctions between Jumbles Lane and Carlton Lane, this is making it unappealing for users, particularly children and the elderly. This is a key walking route used by students attending Rodillian Academy. There is also a lack of facilities for people cycling along the A61 route, meaning they are often travelling very close to the traffic and can feel unsafe, and the proposed improvements address both concerns.

This route carries both long-distance traffic from across the region, as well as local traffic, and is also a high frequency bus route.

Bus journeys along the A61 route often experience delays, particularly at peak times, due to congestion and a lack of dedicated bus priority measures. This results in fewer people feeling able to switch from travelling by car to bus. This leads to more congestion and poorer air quality for residents and those walking and cycling along the route.

Our proposals contain:

  • Widened footways, including doubling pavement width on Long Thorpe Lane, on the approach to Rodillian Academy, to help students and people feel safer when walking in the area

  • Shared-use footways to help cyclists travel easily and safely

  • New traffic signals at the Jumbles Lane junction to help improve traffic flow and offer safe crossings for people walking in the area

  • Smart signal technology to give more priority to buses helping them stay on time

  • On-carriageway cycle lanes and advanced stop lines at the Jumbles Lane junction

  • Existing traffic island crossing, near Nisa Local, upgraded to a signalised pedestrian crossing to make it easier for people walking to cross

  • Create a road closure for motor vehicles at the Carlton Lane/A61 junction. This is a hotspot for collisions, and vehicles travel at speed along the road. Motor vehicles will access Carlton Road via Jumbles Lane

  • Create more space for trees and other planting to help make walking in the area more enjoyable

Improvements to Pontefract Road from Thwaite Gate to M1 junction 44

The B6481 Pontefract Road is a key route in and out of Leeds. The route carries both long-distance traffic from across the region, as well as local traffic and is also a high frequency bus route. There are narrow pavements and limited crossing opportunities for people walking along the route, making it unappealing and unsafe for users, particularly children and the elderly. There is also a lack of dedicated facilities for people cycling along the route, meaning they are often travelling very close to vehicles.

Our plans will deliver safer and alternative ways for people to travel along Pontefract Road. New, segregated cycle lanes will provide people with a more direct route into Leeds, linking to existing cycle lanes, or to businesses and industrial estates for work.

People walking and wheeling will benefit from wider pavements, and new or upgraded pedestrian crossing facilities.

Buses will be prioritised at the rail bridge tunnel through ‘smart signal’ technology, helping to reduce bus delays.

This scheme will help people without access to a car become better connected to employment, education, and training opportunities across the region by making it safer for people walking and cycling. It will also encourage people who currently drive to travel more sustainably (i.e., by bus, bike or on foot if they can) and reduce the impact on local air quality.

Our proposals include:

  • New and improved crossing facilities for people on foot and wheeling at various key locations

  • New, separate cycle crossing facilities for people cycling, at various key locations

  • Creation of a one-way, segregated cycle path either side of the route, linking to existing provision on A639 Thwaite Gate. Some areas of shared use footways

  • Signalising of the rail bridge tunnel – shuttle working traffic lights will be installed to control the flow of vehicles, allowing one direction of traffic to pass at a time, improving safety and bus reliability

  • Wider footways at key locations to allow safer access to bus stops and local businesses/employment

Have your say

To see our proposals in more detail, please view the plans. Once you have read the information, you can let us know what you think using any of the following methods on this page:

  • complete our survey

  • ask us a question using the Question and Answer tool

  • view our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

You can also contact us in the following ways, including to request information in alternative formats:

  • phone (MetroLine Information Service) on 0113 245 7676

  • post at FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM WYCA (no stamp required)

Drop in events

We will be hosting two drop-in events as part of these consultations which will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about the proposals and to ask your own questions to the project team. There will be access to paper surveys where you can input your views on the proposals, or the project team can direct you to the online survey.

  • Wednesday 12 February 2025, 6:30-9pm – Main Hall, The Rodillian Academy, Long Thorpe Lane, WF3 3PS.

  • Tuesday 18 February 2025, 11am-3pm – Hunslet Library, Waterloo Road, LS10 2NS.

Next steps

Feedback gathered from the public consultations will be considered and will inform the development of more detailed proposals. A consultation outcome report summarising the feedback will then be added to this webpage.

This engagement will close at 11.59pm on 10 March 2025.

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