Dawsons Corner A SCHEME to reduce congestion on one of the main routes between Bradford and Leeds has received a multi-million pound injections of cash. Work to the A647 Corridor - which runs from Dawsons Corner in Thornbury to the Armley Gyratory in Leeds, will include the creation of new bus priority works that will shave up to six minutes off bus journeys. At a meeting of West Yorkshire Combined Authority;s Investment Committee last week members agreed to release £14 million funding for the scheme to progress. In total the works will cost £19.6m - £3.7m more than the original budget.
NEW measures are being introduced to help people get to and from the region’s Covid vaccination centres by public transport. Rules around concessionary travel are being relaxed from Monday (February 8), so holders of free bus passes – issued to older and disabled people – can travel without charge before 9.30am if they are going to or from a vaccination appointment. Pass holders will be asked to show their appointment letter, text or email to the bus driver. Also, extra signage directing people to main vaccination centres is being provided at bus stations. And some extra services will be launched. Councillor Kim Groves, chairman of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s transport committee, said: “It is vital that everyone is able to attend their vaccination appointment.
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The Covid vaccination programme is gathering pace (photo: PA).
Pass holders will be asked to show their appointment letters, texts or emails to the bus driver.
There will be new signs directing people to the main vaccination centres at the nearby bus stations.
Our campaign also requests further reassurance for local communities from the Government and more easy-to-access information on the vaccine programme and its progress.
To help people get to existing vaccination sites, WYCA said there will also be additional and adapted services at the following locations:
Leeds: The Elland Road Park and Ride service will operate with buses at least every 10 minutes between Boar Lane in the city centre and the vaccination centre. A new bus stop close to the centre will be provided.
Development of the eastern section of East West Rail is key to improving connectivity across the UK, according to Transport East.
In its entirety, the East West Rail project will provide a link between Oxford and Cambridge.
According to Transport East, the eastern section would complement the rest of the project and “enhance connectivity from the East of England across the UK to Wales and interchange with new connections to Scotland”.
The project is being built in phases and the western section between Oxford and Bicester – phase 1 – was completed in December 2016. A £760M funding boost from the government - announced last month - means “further vital construction work can begin” on the next phase between Bicester and Bletchley. It is expected to be up and running by 2025.