I have been made aware of the information below, today. West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) are due to make a decision this week on their funding.
The funding is still subject to ratification by WYCA. The documents in the link are attached for ease of reference:
A decision by Director of City Development has been published: Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement Scheme - Approval to Proceed with Further Development and Delivery
Decision:
The Chief Officer (Highways & Transportation) has:
a) Instructed the City Solicitor to negotiate the terms of and enter in to on behalf of Leeds City Council a deed of variation to the April 2021 funding agreement between Leeds City Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority as previously amended on 12 January 2023;
b) Approved the preliminary design of the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement scheme;
c) Instructed the City Solicitor to advertise draft Traffic Regulation Orders (“the Orders”) required to implement the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement scheme, and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Orders as advertised;
d) Noted the £12,949,080 of funding secured for development and delivery of the scheme, comprised of £825,807 from the West Yorkshire+ Transport Fund Corridor Improvement Programme Phase 2, £11,547,671 from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement subject to Outline Business Case approval by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and £575,602 of Section 106 Developer Contributions.
e) Noted the approval given by the Chief Officer (Highways & Transportation) in March 2021 for the injection of £825,807 from the Corridor Improvement Programme Phase 2 into the Leeds City Council Capital Programme for the development of the Lawnswood Roundabout Improvement scheme;
f) Approved the expenditure of a further £964,484, from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, to carry out detailed design, develop and submit a Full Business Case, undertake stakeholder engagement, advertise the draft Traffic Regulation Orders and issue the works via the Intermediate Contractor Works Framework; and
g) Noted that the Chief Officer will be requested to make a further decision following completion of detailed design and receipt of tender returns for the main construction contract, to approve the detailed design and approve the expenditure of the remaining funds on delivery of the scheme.
The full details of the decision, including the date that the Call-In period will commence and close, are available on the Council's website using the link below.
You can view this information on the Internet by following the link: Decision details on public web site