What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A milestone in the preparations to bring HS2 high speed rail into the region has been reached as senior councillors today endorsed the detailed case for transformational plans for Leeds Station. Leeds City Council executive board heard how it is imperative to have a fully-integrated, modern station in Leeds –
Plans for the development of Britain’s new high speed railway between the Midlands and the North moved a step closer today (11 October 2018), as HS2 Ltd revealed more detailed design proposals. Construction of the Phase One route between Birmingham and London is now well underway with 7,000 jobs already
In July 2017, the Secretary of State for Transport confirmed the preferred route for the new High Speed Rail line (HS2) from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds (known as Phase 2b). The route will come into Leeds via Woodlesford, using the rail corridor past the Freightliner
A range of principles to guide the remodelling of Leeds Station into a transport hub of international significance at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse are to be discussed by senior councillors this week. HS2 will extend the current station southwards across the river Aire. The new rail line will
The Travellers site at Kidacre Street near Crown Point retail park in Hunslet is currently closed for redevelopment work. Once reopened, in 6-9 months time, it will contain 8 pitches (up from the current 5), each with modular utility blocks. The Council will now be able to charge rents and
Whilst trains may not be running for another sixteen years, plans for the High Speed Rail (HS2) route are well advanced and a consultation event is being held residents affected by new line. The route from London will enter Leeds through Woodlesford where a tunnel will take the line under
A new rail connection for the White Rose Shopping Centre and office park forms part of transformational proposals to make £270million of improvements to transport in Leeds. The announcement, along with two other new stations to be created in the city and additional rail network improvements, are the first details
Two men have been walking in ever decreasing circles around Holbeck for the last week collecting objects of interest as they progress. Luckily for you I’m not an art critic, otherwise I might have spun that sentence out to fill the whole column, lost you as a reader and ended
The preferred route of the second phase of the national high-speed rail project was released today by the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd, showing how the new line will come into Leeds. The announcement also confirms the revised plans released last year for Leeds Station to be remodelled into
The ‘South Bank’, the parts of Holbeck and Hunslet close to the River Aire, are going through big changes and more are to come. Leeds City Council is now asking for your views as they shape their plans for the area. The area has already seen new campuses for Leeds