All Leeds bus diversions and cancellations as Austhorpe Lane, Cross Gates to be hit by nine months of delays
A busy bus route in Leeds is set to be hit by nine months of delays.
Austhorpe Lane in Crossgates is due to be affected by Transpennine Route Upgrade works from Tuesday, April 7 to Friday, January 15 2027. Bus services 21 and 22(Connexions) will face delays in both directions diverting via Whitkirk Lane and Station Road respectively.
Services will serve all stops on the diverted routes but will miss bus stops 45012096 - Croftdale Grove, 45012068 - Manston Park, 45010514 - Cross Gates Centre C, 45010515 - Cross Gates Centre, 45012069 - Manston Park and 45012097 - Croftdale Grove.
Elsewhere, New Temple Gate, Halton will be closed due to roadworks from Tuesday, April 7 to Wednesday, April 15 between 8am and 6pm each day, with service 19 diverting via Selby Road in both directions. Valley Road in Kippax remains closed due to roadworks from Tuesday until Friday, April 17. Services 174 and 175 will divert via Leeds Road.
Pontefract Road, Stourton also remains closed one way towards Rothwell/Woodlesford due to roadworks until Sunday, April 19.
In Leeds city centre, bus stop 45010914 Merrion C also remains out of use, as a result of ongoing works on Woodhouse Lane, and service PR1 will continue to not serve stop 45025848 Wellington N on Whitehall Road due to pedestrian works. Neville Street will also continue to be affected by roadworks until Monday, April 20.
Long-term disruption to Dawsons Corner and Stanningley Bypass will remain in place until early 2027, while closures to A656 Ridge Road Bridge, between Garforth and Micklefield, will remain in place until December.
In a welcome boost to city services, the High Street in Morley, Boston Road in Wetherby and Leeds and Bradford Road in Kirkstall have all reopened with buses resuming their usual routes.