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Lawnswood Roundabout enters final phases: Night-time surfacing works generic example

22 Jul 2026

Lawnswood Roundabout enters final phases

Road users are being urged to plan ahead for the final stages of the Lawnswood roundabout improvement scheme, with essential carriageway works taking place throughout August and into early September.

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Hang in there: secure cycle hangars launched to help cyclists keep bikes safe: Hooplr Cycle Hangar Launch 1

09 Jul 2026

Hang in there: secure cycle hangars launched to help cyclists keep bikes safe

An on-demand cycle parking scheme has launched in Leeds today, aiming to help cyclists keep their bikes secure when travelling around the city.

 

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Final phase of highways works underway on popular route from Headingley to Leeds city centre: A660 Clarendon Road junction

22 Jun 2026

Final phase of highways works underway on popular route from Headingley to Leeds city centre

The A660 is a busy route with pedestrians and cyclists, seeing over 1,000 cyclists using it daily. Regrettably, injury collisions involving these groups are high, with improved infrastructure needed.

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Reminder for landowners to check their ash trees: Ash dieback

13 May 2026

Reminder for landowners to check their ash trees

Leeds City Council is reminding landowners to check if they have any ash trees that need removing, as the trees are now in leaf.

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Speed of pothole repair in Leeds dramatically increases following challenging climatic start to the year: Pothole-9

27 Mar 2026

Speed of pothole repair in Leeds dramatically increases following challenging climatic start to the year

Efforts by Leeds City Council's highways teams to restore the city’s roads following the challenging weather have seen the pothole repair rate almost triple in the first three months of 2026. 

Highways

Stop thief – Leeds City Council trials latest York stone theft deterrent technology: DNA Stone Marking 2

24 Mar 2026

Stop thief – Leeds City Council trials latest York stone theft deterrent technology

Council trials DNA marking technology for York stone paving

Highways

Trial of third innovative pothole repair system underway: Thermal Testing

20 Mar 2026

Trial of third innovative pothole repair system underway

A third innovative pothole repair system is being trialled as part of Leeds City Council’s investment to improve the speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness of pothole repairs across the city.

Highways

New community-designed carved oak bench unveiled in Otley’s Tittybottle Park: School children with oak bench

02 Mar 2026

New community-designed carved oak bench unveiled in Otley’s Tittybottle Park

Leeds City Council today unveil a unique hand-carved oak bench, created from a tree previously located near Otley Bridge, in Tittybottle Park.

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New pothole repair tech tests continue: Pothole pro-5

19 Feb 2026

New pothole repair tech tests continue

Leeds City Council is exploring the use of three new pothole filling technologies which could help improve the speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness of pothole repairs across the city.

Highways

Public consultation launches to improve walking, wheeling and cycling routes to schools in Leeds: Access to Schools-2

21 Jan 2026

Public consultation launches to improve walking, wheeling and cycling routes to schools in Leeds

Leeds City Council is proposing to introduce new measures on streets surrounding schools in Middleton and Halton Moor to improve access to schools and local amenities by making walking, wheeling, and cycling safer and more accessible.

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Scheme that will help pedestrians and cyclists move around safer and easier in the city centre enters construction: Leeds City Links - Great George Street Artist Impression

22 Dec 2025

Scheme that will help pedestrians and cyclists move around safer and easier in the city centre enters construction

Leeds City Council has announced the commencement of construction on the transformative £12.76million Leeds City Links scheme.

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Otley Bridge replacement footway reopens following major upgrade: Otley Bridge footway opens Nov 2025

21 Nov 2025

Otley Bridge replacement footway reopens following major upgrade

The Otley Bridge footway reopened to the public on Thursday (20 November) after an extensive demolition and re-construction of the cantilever footway.

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