The objectives of the plan are:

To improve connectivity to support economic activity and growth in West Yorkshire and the Leeds City Region
To make substantial progress towards a low carbon, sustainable transport system for West Yorkshire, while recognising transport's contribution to national carbon reduction plans
To enhance the quality of life of people living in, working in and visiting West Yorkshire

Projects within this plan

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Cycle City Ambition Grant (CCAG)

The £60 million programme is funded through the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant and local match funding. It aims to:

Make cycling a natural and popular choice for short journeys
Make cycling accessible to everyone
Improve access to employment, skills and education
Reduce CO2 and improve local air quality
Create a safe environment for walking and cycling

Infrastructure projects that have been built now include the 14km segregated Cycle Superhighway running from Leeds city centre along the A647 to the new Broadway shopping centre right in the heart of Bradford.

CityConnect is delivered in partnership by West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the five West Yorkshire councils and City of York Council.

Last updated Q1 2023/24

One System Public Transport: We want to create a world class public transport system that connects different modes of transport seamlessly into one comprehensive, easy-to-use network.

We aim to transform the performance, image and experience of public transport to make it an attractive choice for all.

Rail is currently the backbone of our mass transit network. Where the service is frequent and with newer trains, the number of commuters using rail is high. We want to replicate this high quality service across the City Region.

Buses are currently the most used form of public transport and we need to ensure there is better integration between these two modes including physical interchange, timetabling, ticketing and payment. We have an ambition to build on our current public transport networks and we will set out a plan for how different modes, including rail, mass transit and bus rapid transit, can unlock economic growth constraints.

We recognise the benefits of segregating public transport from other road vehicles and will look at key corridors for where this could be developed further. More people are now travelling between districts to access work opportunities.

We need our public transport system to be High Speed ready. We will link to and build on national investment in High Speed Rail and Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals and we will align our public transport investment with improvements to the motorways and our local roads for a truly integrated transport system. Only through improving our public transport offer, be that bus, rail, park and ride, mass transit or other modes, will we be able to achieve our economic objectives at the same time as ensuring that our towns and city centres are places that promote health, wellbeing and attract inward investment.

Rail Strategy

The Local Transport Plan Strategy from 2011 – 2026 has a vision to develop a transport system that gives people access to what they want easily, efficiently and in a way that supports the environment, the economy and quality of life. A new approach to rail in West Yorkshire and the wider Leeds City Region is needed if rail is to play a greater role in a modern and dynamic City Region low carbon economy

The Combined Authority will work with partners such as PTEG, all northern PTEs, the Department for Transport, Train Operating Companies, Network Rail, the ORR and the McNulty Review team to ensure that this opportunity will enable the rail offer in West Yorkshire to modernise and play its part in a successful transport system over the long term. The following proposals will be delivered through the rail strategy:

Additional rail capacity
Improve operational performance
Improve customer service quality standards
Modernise the rail offer
Improve journey times
Improve integration between modes
Integrate ticketing
Improve service patterns and frequency
Reduce the carbon footprint of the train

West Yorkshire Transport Asset Management Plan

The West Yorkshire Transport Asset Management Plan sets the guidelines as to how transport assets are maintained, and how they will be maintained in the future.

Transport asset management is about more than just maintaining our roads. There are bridges, traffic control systems, street lighting and public transport infrastructure that requires investment to deal with current and future demands. While our customer satisfaction surveys tells us that the travelling public rate roads and our other assets as being 'very important', these people also express dissatisfaction with their condition.

Potholes, defective roads and poor quality cycle tracks and footways can create inconvenience, affect the quality of journeys and incur costs on users but also present potential hazards to our more vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians.

Although research shows that poorly maintained roads fall into a deeper state of disrepair contributing to traffic delays and disruption, the under investment in highway maintenance by successive governments means managing our transport assets presents a major challenge. We have a backlog of repairs and there is a growing gap between the costs of the repairs and the funding that is available. We must make our approach to, and funding for asset management work better.

Network North – additional highway maintenance funding

Highway authorities across England are to benefit from a boost in funding for local highway maintenance.

As part of an announcement on Network North funding in October 2023, an increase in funding for local highway maintenance was given in order to make real improvements in road condition. The funding is intended to allow more of our roads to be resurfaced, more of our bridges to be repaired, and other highway assets to be fixed than would we otherwise be able to achieve.

As part of this additional funding, we have been asked by DfT to publish a summary of the additional resurfacing work we will deliver with the new funding over the next 2 years.

For both 2023/24 and 2024/25 we are receiving an additional £4.633m per year for local highways maintenance.

The programmes are still being finalised and will undergo final approvals both locally in each council and at a combined authority committee in early Summer in order to release the funding and deliver the whole p2 year programme. In the meantime, the programme below is a draft representation of what roads/areas will be targeted (and are subject to change).

This additional funding complements the already approved CRSTS Highways Asset Management programme in West Yorkshire that was approved at CA in July 2023.

Bradford

Areas / roads where work is planned	Type of works being undertaken on asset group	Indicative cost	Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2	Benefits from it
B6381 Barkerend Road	Road resurfacing	£70,000	2,000	Improve the asset condition of a key bus and commuter route
C111 Cutler Heights Lane	Road resurfacing	£170,000	4,400	As above
B6379 Town Gate, Wyke	Road resurfacing	£160,000	4,000	Improve the asset condition of a local high street
C111 High Street, Wibsey	Road resurfacing	£90,000	2,200	As above
Royd Wood Terr, Cullingworth, Bingley Rural	Bus Turning Circle	£11,000	800	Improvements to public transport (bus turning circle)
Brantcliffe Way, Baildon	Road resurfacing	£12,000	195	Improve the asset condition
Merville Avenue, Baildon	Road resurfacing	£10,000	638	As above
New Close Road, Nab Wood	Road resurfacing	£40,000	2,400	As above
Mary St / Minorca Mount, Denholme	Road resurfacing	£18,000	1,900	Improve the asset condition and access to local school
Thornacre Road, Wrose	Road resurfacing	£30,000	2,300	Improve the asset condition
Back Grangefield Ave, Burley	Road resurfacing	£23,000	2,300	As above
Back Lawn Ave, Burley	Road resurfacing	£22,000	720	As above
Back Norwood Terrace, Burley	Road resurfacing	£10,000	480	As above
Rocklands Place, Baildon	Road resurfacing	£5,000	290	Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety
Spring Close, Gilstead	Micro Asphalt	£3,000	470	As above
Low Close, Gilstead	Micro Asphalt	£3,000	430	As above
The Robins, Burley	Micro Asphalt	£8,000	2,244	As above
Suresnes Road, Keighley	Road resurfacing	£40,000	3,930	Improve the asset condition
Reservoir Road, Stanbury	Road resurfacing	£55,000	4,300	As above
Belle Vue, Ilkley	Road resurfacing	£15,000	1,500	As above
Wheathead Lane, Keighley	Road resurfacing	£48,000		As above
Granby Lane, Keighley	Road resurfacing	£35,000	2,147	As above
Howden Road, Silsden	Road resurfacing	£22,000	1,200	As above
Bradford South	Carriageway patching	£78,000		Repair deterioration in the short term in order to reduce future maintenance needs / disruption
Bradford South	Carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt	£40,000		Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety
Bradford East	Carriageway patching	£78,000		Repair deterioration in the short term in order to reduce future maintenance needs / disruption
Bradford East	Carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt	£40,000		Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety
Bradford West	Carriageway patching	£78,000		Repair deterioration in the short term in order to reduce future maintenance needs / disruption
Bradford West	Carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt	£40,000		Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety
Shipley Ward Unclassified Road Resurfacing	Unclassified road resurfacing	£155,000		As above
Shipley Ward Carriageway Pathcing	Carriageway patching	£85,000		Wider patching of asset deterioration areas to reduce future maintenance needs and disruption
Footways repairs in Shipley Ward	Footway slurry sealing / resurfacing)	£70,000		Improved pedestrian footway asset condition
Keighley constituency unclassified road resurfacing	Unclassified road resurfacing	£175,000		Surface treatment to halt deterioration and enhance road safety
Keighley constituency footway repairs	Carriageway patching	£85,530		Wider patching of asset deterioration areas to reduce future maintenance needs and disruption
Keighley constituency unclassified road resurfacing	Footway slurry sealing / resurfacing)	£75,000		Improved pedestrian footway asset condition

Total spend: £1,899,530

Calderdale

Areas / roads where work is planned	Type of works being undertaken on asset group	Indicative cost (£)	Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2	Benefits from it	Status
Holmes Road	Resurfacing	£265,000		Asset life renew. Improved journey times. Cycling and pedestrian saftey.	Complete 23-24
River Street, Mission Street, Calder Street	Resurfacing	£350,000		Asset life renew. Improving industrial access.	Complete 23-24
C42 (Akroyd Lane, Billy Lane, Nook Lane)	Resurfacing	496,920	14,300	Asset life renew. Improved journey times. Safety.	Programmed 24-25

Total spend: £1,111,920

Kirklees

Areas / roads where work is planned	Type of works being undertaken on asset group	Indicative cost (£)	Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2	Benefits from it
Greenhead, Almondbury, Netherton	Footway resurfacing	£ 225,000.00	4000	Improved walking surface delivering connectivity supporting active travel
Golcar, Staincliffe, Batley, Scholes, Ashbrow	Carriageway resurfacing	£ 895,000.00	16500	Improved condition, ride quality, reduced emissions
Various	Micro resurfacing	£200,000	20000	As above
Rural areas	Velocity/jet patching	£200,000		As above
As per footway schemes	Street Lighting	£25,000	20 number column replacements as a part of F/W works	Asset replacment/renewal
As per carriageway schemes	Drainage	£50,000	Repair works as a part of c/way resurfacing schemes	Asset replacment/renewal/ climate mitigation ensuring the drainage system is fully functional
Across the district	Find and fix potholes	£248,934		Improve network condition reduce risk of third party claims, improve public perception

Total spend: £1,843,934

Leeds

Areas / roads where work is planned	Type of works being undertaken on asset group	Indicative cost	Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2	Benefits from it	Status
LRS17Recreation Place	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£51,052	1676	Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface	Complete 2023/24
LRS18Recreation Street	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£34,841	1562		Complete 2023/24
LRS26Wellington Grove	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£67,706	2059	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS27Appleton Way	Carriageway Works	£116,494	1337	Improved condition: Ride quality	Complete 2023/24
LRS42Mill Green Place	Carriageway and Footway Works	£103,918	3607	Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface	Complete 2023/24
LRS69Whack House Close	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£35,571	1207	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS77Knott Lane	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£126,784	3053	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS84Foundry Mill Street	Carriageway and Footway Works	£116,013	3351	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS85Foundry Mill Street	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£53,093	1775	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS86Foundry Mill Street	Carriageway Works	£42,986	616	Improved condition: Ride quality	Complete 2023/24
LRS90Poole Road	Carriageway Works	£20,093	686	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS98Abbeydale Mount	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£53,793	1349	Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface	Complete 2023/24
LRS124Queenshill Crescent	Carriageway Works	£37,527	1309	Improved condition: Ride quality	Complete 2023/24
LRS125Stainburn Avenue	Carriageway Works	£32,448	1785	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS126Kingsdale Gardens	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£64,852	3649	Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface	Complete 2023/24
LRS130Wynyard Drive	Carriageway Works	£106,715	1827	Improved condition: Ride quality	Complete 2023/24
LRS131Wynyard Drive	Carriageway and Footway Works	£69,757	3181	Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface	Complete 2023/24
LRS141Chandos Avenue	Carriageway and Footway Works	£78,136	3451	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS143West Park Road	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£66,245	3110	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS149Moor Road	Carriageway and Footway Works	£93,814	3351	As above	Complete 2023/24
LRS154Sandbeck Lane	Carriageway Works	£86,812	3045	Improved condition: Ride quality	Complete 2023/24
NN1Pontefract Road	Carriageway Works	£252,818	5327	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN2Dibb Lane	Carriageway Works	£61,584	791	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN3Kirk Lane	Carriageway Works	£29,156	1946	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN4New Road	Carriageway Works	£121,800	4865	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN5Milners Road	Carriageway Works	£38,694	497	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN6King Lane	Carriageway Works	£26,849	2282	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN7Arthington Road	Carriageway Works	£27,178	2310	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN8Arthington Road	Carriageway Works	£35,661	3031	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN9Commercial Street	Carriageway Works	£145,954	1554	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN10Church Street	Carriageway Works	£28,703	588	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN11Duncan Street	Carriageway Works	£14,819	714	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN12New Market Street	Carriageway Works	£15,109	728	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN13Buckstone Road	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£180,838	2883	Improved condition: Ride quality, walking surface	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN14Haddon Road	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£289,635	3380	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25
NN15Wellstone Rise	Kerb, Footway & Carrigeway Works	£182,074	3465	As above	Delivery Due 2024/25

Total spend: £2,909,524

Wakefield

Areas / roads where work is planned	Type of works being undertaken on asset group	Indicative cost	Surface area resurfaced (if applicable) m2	Benefits from it
A650 Wrenthorpe Bypass, Wrenthorpe & Outwood	Resurface	£120,497	3012	Vision zero strategic objective for safer roads, A well maintained highway provides a safe, attractive and efficient network for all highway users, and to support decarbonisation targets and specific council corporate objectives Places to be proud of An economy that works for everyone Better health and lives Thriving children and families A greener Wakefield district
Barnsley Road South Elmsall and South Kirby	Resurface	£211,044	5276	As above
Pasture Way Roundabout, Altofts & Whitwood	Resurface	£32,745	819	As above
Standbridge Lane, Wakefield South	Resurface	£32,891	822	As above
Hemsworth A1 Link Road, Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton	Surface Dressing	£184,371	39446	As above
Cutsyke Road, Altofts & Whitwood	Surface Dressing	£18,546	3968	As above
Aketon Road, Altofts & Whitwood	Surface Dressing	£32,836	7025	As above
Lock Lane, Castleford Central & Glasshoughton	Surface Dressing	£27,656	5917	As above
Holywell Lane, Castleford Central & Glasshoughton	Surface Dressing	£42,248	9039	As above
Bleakley Lane, Crofton, Ryhill & Walton	Surface Dressing	£23,156	4954	As above
Chevet Lane, Crofton, Ryhill & Walton	Surface Dressing	£98,683	21113	As above
Station Lane, Featherstone	Surface Dressing	£13,305	2846	As above
Green Lane, Featherstone	Surface Dressing	£15,344	3283	As above
Featherstone Lane, Featherstone	Surface Dressing	£35,223	7536	As above
Willow Lane, Featherstone	Surface Dressing	£11,193	2395	As above
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone	Surface Dressing	£43,554	9318	As above
Wesley Street, Ossett	Surface Dressing	£21,550	4611	As above
Aberford Road, Stanley & Outwood East	Surface Dressing	£100,425	21486	As above
Huddersfield Road, Wakefield Rural	Surface Dressing	£112,900	24155	As above
Netherton Lane, Wakefield Rural	Surface Dressing	£61,098	13072	As above
Hostingley Lane, Wakefield Rural	Surface Dressing	£23,436	5014	As above
Hardcastle Lane, Wakefield Rural	Surface Dressing	£11,466	2453	As above
Old Road, Wakefield Rural	Surface Dressing	£57,032	12202	As above
District Wide	Reactive repairs identified through routine inspections	£169,895		Support the move towards more sustainable, first-time permanent repairs of defects identified during the routine inspections. Increase embodied carbon savings from road maintenance and reduced network disruption.

Total spend: £1,501,092

How is your authority introducing innovation in the delivery of highways maintenance (eg the use of new equipment or software) and where it plans to go further:

The collective West Yorkshire Highway Information Asset Management Group continue to review new materials and methods that look to offer more cost effective, lower carbon and faster delivery in order to increase maintenance and renewal of the highways network in the region.

We are targeting more preventative maintenance practices to slow deterioration in order to protect the wider highway assets and increase activities over a wider area as well as targeting route causes such as drainage defects that if left cause damage to roads and pavements.

Wakefield have engaged with their Technical & digital transformation team to develop an AI output for street level surveys utilising attachments to Street Services refuse vehicles which cover over 95% of the districts roads and could provide street level surveys using machine learned models i.e. colour and shape deviation that can detect defects and gully conditions. These will enhance the service of the survey technicians with a view in due course to manage AI into the asset management policy. The project is in the Alpha phase but could be expected to be operational in 25/26.

West Yorkshire council highways teams and West Yorkshire Combined Authority are also looking to develop a new asset deterioration model to better track condition and plan timely interventions to maximise the benefits from the funding allocations we receive for highway asset maintenance activities.

What steps are your authority taking to ensure utility works are completed in an organised and efficient manner:

Street works and roadworks continue to be regulated by the New Roads and Street Works 1991 (NRASWA and the Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA) and the related codes of practice and statutory instruments.

The Yorkshire Common Permit Scheme was developed and implemented in conjunction with the other four West Yorkshire Authorities and Barnsley and Sheffield councils. It was one of the first permit schemes introduced in England outside London. The YCPS applied to just the busiest roads across the district. Non-permit streets continued to be dealt with under the earlier noticing system. The YCPS was changed in March 2020 to apply to all adopted roads, becoming an individual permit scheme known as the Kirklees Council Permit Scheme.

The permit scheme covers co-ordination, inspection, restrictions, sanctions and charges, however there are still issues where statutory undertakers come along and stipulate emergency works that either delay vital maintenance work, or worse still mean excavations in recently delivered projects (despite all long-term notifications and protection notices being in place).

The 5 partner councils continue to develop better relationships with statutory undertakers and the CA will join more strategic level coordination on the back of Network North funding levels to ensure we have a step change in the condition of the network.