Here are all the streets in Leeds city centre set to become 20mph under new proposals
A host of streets in Leeds city centre are set to face a speed reduction.
As part of long-standing ambitions to improve Transport and Infrastructure and Health & Wellbeing, Leeds City Council has proposed the introduction of multiple 20 mph speed limits across the city centre.
These speed limits are an “integral component” of the Council’s Safer Roads Action Plan and contribute significantly to the Vision Zero 2040 strategy, which aims for zero road deaths or serious injuries in Leeds by 2040.
It is hoped that this reduction, alongside the pedestrianisation of Leeds City Square in 2023, will encourage more walking and cycling through the centre. Members of the public can comment on or object to these plans on Leeds City Council’s planning website up to Monday, December 1.
Under the new proposals, the following streets will see a complete speed reduction to 20 mph.
- Aire Street
- Bishopgate Street
- Bowling Green Terrace
- Bowman Lane
- Brewery Place
- Bridge End
- Butcher Street
- Cudbear Street
- Dock Street
- East Parade
- Foundry Street
- High Court
- Hunslet Lane
- Kendell Street
- King Street
- Kirkgate
- Meadow Lane
- Merrion Street
- Navigation Walk
- Neville Street
- New Station Street
- Northern Street
- Pitfall Street
- Princes Square
- Quebec Street
- Riverside Court
- Riverside Way
- Saw Mill Street
- Sheaf Street
- South Brook Street
- Springwell Court
- Springwell Road
- Springwell Street
- Springwell View
- Swinegate
- The Calls
- Thirsk Row
- Trent Street
- Union Place
- Wade Lane
- Walton Street
- Waterloo Street
- Wellington Park Way
- Wellington Place
- Whitehall Quay
- Westgate
Meanwhile, the following streets would all see a partial speed reduction.
- Call Lane; from its junction with The Calls to its junction with Swinegate.
- Calverley Street; from its junction with Great George Street to its junction with The Headrow
- Globe Road; from its junction with Whitehall Road in a SE direction for a distance of 186 metres.
- Great George Street; from its junction with Calverley Street to its junction with Merrion Street.
- Hunslet Road; from its junction with Dock Street to its junction with Waterloo Street and also from its junction with Crown Point Road to its junction with Sheaf Street.
- Marshall Street; from its junction with Sweet Street West to its junction with Nineveh Road.
- New Briggate; from its junction with Merrion Street in a NE direction.