Just an unashamed plug for a fascinating and extremely comprehensive guide to the
‘history’, and the characters of Woodlesford, and Oulton:
http://www.woodlesfordstation.co.uk
There is a tenuous link with road traffic in that if you follow the links to the Oulton Gala YouTube video you'll see Aberford Road quieter than you've ever seen it before!
Thursday 27 September 2012
Saturday 11 August 2012
More HGV traffic?
This could be a long way off ... it might never happen (pigs might fly), but it is worth considering what the HGV traffic impact on the area will be if either or both of the proposed incinerator sites are built, at the former Skelton Grange power station site. See the article below from the Yorkshire Evening Post, Saturday 11 August 2012.
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Forget the general environmental impact upon the area, this is the 'dumping ground' of Leeds, it will happen. We need our councillors to make sure the potential traffic problem is dealt with ... and not listen to the usual half-wits proclaiming that there won't be any impact.
Thursday 5 July 2012
Two years wasted!
We first posted about this back in April 2010, and it now looks as though planning approval for the development of a 100 acre business park and distribution centre, just across the M62 is all-but 'rubber stamped'.
Setting aside the arguments about the loss of greenbelt land, and the need for a new stadium for Wakefield Wildcats rugby club, the traffic impact upon our area could be massive! The transport plan supporting the planning application points to the proximity of the M62, and the M1, implying that this will be the main route for all heavy traffic. This same argument was probably put forward in the case of the major distribution developments at Stourton, notably ARLA, and the Royal Mail, and highways personnel, in answer to our concerns about the East Leeds link road, stated that there would not be any traffic impact upon the A639/A642, as a result of that road opening - THERE IS!
In the July edition of the Rothwell and District Record, Councillor Golton is reported as having said:
"This is obviously a very disappointing decision for local residents." .........
"I have no issue with the stadium element of the plan and I sympathise with the Wildcats' need to secure the future of their club. But I remain very concerned about the effect that a haulage distribution centre and business park will have about the congestion that this will cause in the area"
Setting aside the arguments about the loss of greenbelt land, and the need for a new stadium for Wakefield Wildcats rugby club, the traffic impact upon our area could be massive! The transport plan supporting the planning application points to the proximity of the M62, and the M1, implying that this will be the main route for all heavy traffic. This same argument was probably put forward in the case of the major distribution developments at Stourton, notably ARLA, and the Royal Mail, and highways personnel, in answer to our concerns about the East Leeds link road, stated that there would not be any traffic impact upon the A639/A642, as a result of that road opening - THERE IS!
In the July edition of the Rothwell and District Record, Councillor Golton is reported as having said:
"This is obviously a very disappointing decision for local residents." .........
"I have no issue with the stadium element of the plan and I sympathise with the Wildcats' need to secure the future of their club. But I remain very concerned about the effect that a haulage distribution centre and business park will have about the congestion that this will cause in the area"
WELL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN!
It can, and does, happen!
We're a little late with this one, it is an article from the YEP, 23 June 2012 about the success of a campaign by schoolchildren in Cookridge to have the speed limit 'slashed' to 20mph. 'Well done' to them. We have never asked for a speed reduction, just an enforcement of the current speed limit, but what this does show is that some members of the public are listened to, and that some councillors (appear to) take action on behalf of their local communities.
Far from a reduction in the speed limit along the A639/A642, Leeds City council highways personnel suggested increasing the limit!
With regard to what if anything is happening around Royds School, interested parties will have to check with the local councillors, who took it upon themselves to deal with traffic and road safety issues that were of concern to the school ... 7 years ago.
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With regard to what if anything is happening around Royds School, interested parties will have to check with the local councillors, who took it upon themselves to deal with traffic and road safety issues that were of concern to the school ... 7 years ago.
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Political Irony?
It seems that it is OK to acknowledge that passing HGVs and other trucks might keep people awake at night ... IF you are using it for poltical means, as may be seen in this letter that appears in this month's Rothwell and District Record, from Councillor Stewart Golton:
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We have been asking to Cllr Golton to do something about the existing problem of disturbance from night time HGV traffic for years now but clearly the complaints of local residents are of no consequence!
Online Petition - Press coverage
The following article appeared in the Yorkshire Evening Post, 30 May 2012. Double click to view:
Friday 25 May 2012
WHAT IS GOING ON!
It's almost 12 months since we reported on the meeting held with Karen Bruce (11 June 2011), and it really did look then as though we might just somewhere. Then on 19 December 2011 we posted a comment from our MP, Alec Shelbrooke, confiming that the installation of speed cameras is at the discretion of the local authority. It is now 25 May 2012 and what has happened? NOTHING!
For the motorists amongst us who travel in and around Leeds, speed cameras are a reasonably common occurence, what makes the local residents of those areas more important than us? THEY ARE BETTER SUPPORTED BY THEIR LOCAL COUNCILLORS, & MPs!
LAWRRAG has no political affiliations, we've had many years of hot air and inaction from Liberal Democrats councillors, and a Labour MP, we've had verbal support from a Labour Councillor, and a Conservative MP, but that's all!
For the motorists amongst us who travel in and around Leeds, speed cameras are a reasonably common occurence, what makes the local residents of those areas more important than us? THEY ARE BETTER SUPPORTED BY THEIR LOCAL COUNCILLORS, & MPs!
LAWRRAG has no political affiliations, we've had many years of hot air and inaction from Liberal Democrats councillors, and a Labour MP, we've had verbal support from a Labour Councillor, and a Conservative MP, but that's all!
Saturday 12 May 2012
New Online Petition - Please sign
Many thanks to Mark for setting up this online petition, please take the time to add your name:
Thank you.